Electrical Controls Technician

Job Description

The Stryten factory in Salina, Kansas is one of the largest lead-acid battery manufacturing sites in North America with 800 employees capable of producing more than 35,000 quality batteries per day. These batteries can be found in your car, in your boat or RV, or, in your lawn and garden equipment. Stryten proudly supports the local community by regularly participating in Project Salina, the Salvation Army Angel Tree program, and providing more than 100 volunteers for the Smoky Hill River Festival.

2,500* sign-on bonus

Bonus terms:- Bonuses offered for a limited time only

Bonuses are only applicable to specific job types and shifts; additional terms and conditions may apply

Associates must be employed at the time of the payout

Starting rate up to $41.35 depending on experience

Self-starter with excellent problem solving, communication, teamwork, safety, Lockout/Tagout, and project management skills. Must be capable to effectively troubleshoot plant and facility power from 480V three phase down to 5 volts DC. Complete electrical installations as required to properly and safely complete assigned tasks, to include running conduit and pulling wire.

Shift:

**C Shift: Day - Thurs-Sat, every other Wed **

**D Shift: Night - Thurs-Sat, every other Wed **

1st Shift

Responsibilities

Create and sustain zero injury in workplace, minimize Pb blood level exposure levels

Coordinate and implement maintenance training programs related to electrical and control systems

Must be able to troubleshoot and repair electrical and controls systems, to include PLCs, VFDs, motor starters, PID loop tuning, digital and analog I/O, etc

Identify best practices that ultimately reduce equipment downtime, i.e. reduce recurring equipment issues, reduced setup, quick-change modules, and equipment efficiency

Must be able to identify opportunities that ultimately reduce maintenance costs

Seeks out unsolicited automation and control projects and improvements that contribute to the plant performance

Use Work Order software system and other computer programs as required

Support new installations, improvements, and optimization projects in all areas of the plant

Provide programming, debug, and troubleshooting support for all factory automation systems, plc’s, hmi’s, vfd’s, robots, PID loop tuning, motor control, electrical power distribution, etc

Develop and implement programming modifications to the factory automation systems that will facilitate plant performance standards and simplify operator intervention.

Provide hardware and software support to the plant automation network

Assist in developing documentation for new and existing plant automation and control systems

Maintain current program versions for all plant automation equipment on the central controls computer drive, or document management system

Develop, initiate, and support plans to optimize and simplify existing plant automation and control systems

Develop, initiate, and support plans to modernize existing obsolete plant control systems

Provide operational support and implement modifications to items, such as, plant robot, machine vision, machine automations, data collection

Proficient in data collection to SQL server platform, provide platform to display required information on specified platforms

Ability to run conduit and pull wire as required for power distribution and controls integration

Involved in plant shutdown activities relating to skills and tasks assigned

Responsible for continuous improvement in all areas of Maintenance department

Comply with current Quality Systems requirements

Understand marketplace and update systems as needed and capable to work effectively with plant engineering and all related departments.

Follow Toyota Production Systems (TPS) objectives and guidelines, to include support of Kaizen events.

Follow Lean Manufacturing procedures.

Perform other work as assigned by the supervisor or management personnel.

Qualifications

Education, Experience, Skills Required:

Two-year degree from vocational school in industrial electronics and controls or 2 years of industrial electrical and controls experience including experience with Allen Bradley Programmed Logic Control related products and ladder diagram logic preferred. Must possess above average troubleshooting skills to sustain plant production.

Stryten Energy encourages candidates with Military training and/ or experience to apply.

Equipment Used:

Knowledge of all electrical tools, i.e. oscilloscope, multimeters, amp-meters, megohmmeters, power meters, process meters, etc. Person must possess above average computer skills that relate to report writing, presentations, spreadsheets, and project management, to include most Microsoft products and must be able to computer knowledge for access to, modification of, and upload/download PLC and panelview programs. Familiar with common hand tool usage including power tools.

Physical Requirements:

Sitting, standing, bending, twisting, and walking as necessary. Wearing of PPE is required. Employee is required to repetitiously lift and handle equipment and parts weighing from grams to 100 pounds

You should be proficient in:

PLC Troubleshooting Skills

PLC Programming Experience

Machines & technologies you'll use:

Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) (Allen Bradley)