PLC Technician

Job Description

Position: PLC Technician

Organization

• Function: Applies electronic theory, principles of electrical circuits, electrical testing procedures, engineering mathematics, physics, and related knowledge to layout, build, test, troubleshoot, and repair production equipment.
• Country: US
• Location: Charleston
• Supervisor: Maintenance Supervisor/Manager

Context

• The maintenance department carries out major and minor maintenance projects as well as ongoing preventive and corrective maintenance at the factory. This applies to both production machines, buildings and other infrastructure. During implementation, high attention is required on safe implementation, technical facilitation and ongoing assessment of risk.

Purpose

• Contribute to the department's area of responsibility with expertise on PLC subjects 
• Contribute to commissioning and proper use of LOTO (Lockout / Tagout) at the factory
• Be “buddy” of apprentices and placement students in the maintenance department

Areas of responsibility

• Observes functioning of installed equipment to detect hazards, problems, and the need for service, repair and/or replacement of electrical, electronic and mechanical components.
• Discusses performance issues and improvement ideas with pertinent technical staff.
• Reads and understands electronic and electrical schematics; draws sketches to clarify design details and functional criteria of electronic units
• Assembles experimental circuitry of complete prototype models according to engineering instruction, technical manuals, and knowledge of electronic systems and components and their functions.
• Recommends changes in circuitry of installation specifications to simplify assembly and maintenance.
• Required to maintain backups of programs from all electrical devices.
• Understands and is able to trouble-shoot and repair solid-state motor drives, solid-state temperature controllers, and computer-based controllers.
• Sets up standard test apparatus or contrives test equipment and circuitry; conducts functional and operational tests to evaluate performance and reliability of prototype or production models.
• Analyzes and interprets data from solid-state motor drives and controllers scope meters and other troubleshooting equipment.
• Adjusts, calibrates and aligns circuitry and components and records effects on unit performance.
• Must be able to check newly installed equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions.
• Must be able to obtain forklift and aerial lift platform licenses.
• Keeps work area clean and orderly and free of hazards.

Key Interfaces

Key interfaces:

• Collaboration with maintenance teamwide contact area in own and other departments when following up LOTO / JSA