Sr. Maintenance Technician - PLC

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:   

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.   
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.   
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr. Maintenance Technician - PLC

Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC ensures equipment uptime through timely, in-depth electrical
troubleshooting of 480VAC & 24VDC components. The Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC has strong
working knowledge of all operating systems in the plant including but not limited to Allen Bradley (AB),
B&R automation, Siemens, and Zenon. Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC acts as a subject matter expert
on behalf of the plant in frequency drives, human machine interface (HMI), plant operating systems and
data collection/system backups. Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC performs troubleshooting and repair of
facilities and auxiliary equipment and general electrical maintenance of the building and grounds. The
Sr. Maintenance Technician-PLC works directly with Maintenance Technicians, machine Operators,
Supervisors and Managers to resolve both electrical and mechanical issues. Sr. Maintenance
Technician-PLC develops and implements best practices aligned with Niagara’s maintenance strategies.
Through the use of preventative and predictive maintenance processes, the Sr. Maintenance Technician-
PLC champions continuous improvement efforts and assists with training in their focus areas.

Essential Functions

• Adhere to and enforce highest standards in safety and good manufacturing practices plant-wide

• Train and lead Operators, Mechanics and Supervisors on technical procedures related to high-speed

    bottle manufacturing and packaging

• Work directly with plant leadership to develop and execute projects involving continuous

    improvement, upgrades, and the resolution of re-occurring problems

• Rapid identification of machine problems to minimize equipment downtime with root cause

    analysis conducted to prevent re-occurrence

• Partner with other Sr. Maintenance Technician to resolve cross-functional problems

• Use of available software systems to analyze and identify issues to drive throughput

   performance

• Define requirements and lead overhaul efforts to rebuild equipment to like-new status during

   planned downtime

• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting

   procedures in the following areas of bottling production specialization:

o Blow molding, inclusive of PET processing, machine set-up, mold changes, and quality

                  inspection systems

o Filling/capping, beverage processing methods, cap feeding systems with light closures,

                  vision inspections systems and laser date coders, quality/sanitation standards, and

                  conveying systems

o Labeling technology, roll-fed and/or cut and stack, machine set-up, hot melt gluing systems,

                  and conveying systems

o Dry-end packaging including case packers, case conveyors, conventional and robotic

                  palletizers, and stretch wrappers. Machine set-up required for all pack size changes

o Common OEM’s for production equipment: Krones, Sidel, KHS, Sacmi, Tech Long

• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting

procedures in the following areas of injection technology:

o Husky injection molding machines consisting of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical

                  systems

o Auxiliary systems including resin handling/blending, resin drying, dehumidification, vision

                  inspection, conveying, and cooling systems

o Mold systems, internal hot runner and cold half maintenance, identification of component

                  wear and troubleshooting through detailed inspection of produced products

o Plastic processing at high speeds while maintaining tight part tolerances and acceptable

                  levels of acetaldehyde (AA)

• Create SOP’s for troubleshooting machines, and upload them to BDA system