Job Details

Description

Summary of essential job functions

A successful candidate must have the motivation to excel in each essential function described herein.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform these essential functions.

• Troubleshoot PLC and HMI programs, instrumentation, and drives on the production lines with an analytical systems-based approach.
• Analyzes data to identify where quantifiable improvements will have the most impact in a rapidly changing manufacturing environment and manage those identified improvements at a multi production line, high speed asphalt roofing manufacturing facility.
• Identifies gaps in automation deployment and works with TAMKO's Plant Systems team to implement improvements in PLC programs to drive results; report results up the chain of command.
• Facilitates change management and sustainment documentation such as engineering drawings, manuals, process flow diagrams, and spare parts lists.
• Performs electrical and controls layouts, updates and creates electrical drawings in CAD or other electrical drawing software.
• Works cooperatively with a cross functional team of Engineers, Operations, and Maintenance personnel, understanding the needs of each department's primary focus.
• Analyzes operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
• Improve current manufacturing systems and reliability of electrical, controls systems on machinery which is exposed to abrasive materials.
• Flexible and adaptive, able to thrive in a fast-changing environment, implementing solutions rapidly without cutting corners.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience OR
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience with an associates degree OR
• Minimum 2 year of professional experience with a 4 year degree
• Competency with PLCs (Siemens preferred), HMIs (WonderWare preferred) and servo and variable frequency drives.
• Knowledgeable in reading, updating and creating electrical drawings using AutoCAD Electrical
• Capable of identifying the most impactful opportunities to improve the reliability and level of automation in production processes.

Preferred Experience - Not required for application but will benefit consideration:

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with process control and PID tuning
• HMI programming experience (Wonderware preferred)
• Experience in roofing manufacturing or web process handling
• Machine Vision or Vision Inspection Systems installation and programming experience
• Experience with IIOT Devices
• Field service technician background preferred
• NEC, and Electrical Distribution Knowledge and Experience