Senior Electrician (Internal Vacancy)

JOB SUMMARY

Conducts, maintains, Install, tests and repairs automation systems across FFA Facilities. Applies knowledge of electrical/electronic, Control and mechanical principles in determining automation equipment malfunctions and applies skills in restoring equipment to operation. Machinery will include production machinery, quality inspection systems, utilities machinery and all ancillaries within FFA assets that involve automation systems. Provide skilled mechanical, electrical, electronic and control support to all areas of manufacturing operation that involves automation systems. This position will be able to travel to other facilities either to solve machinery problems, perform major maintenance or Capex Projects including machinery installations.

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Troubleshoots and repairs mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, electronic and control of automation equipment including but not limited to programmable controls, quality inspection equipment, robots, packing automation systems, numeric controls, power supplies, drives, instruments gages and testing equipment.
• Execute and performs defined action plans for electrical/electronic, automated equipment defined above.
• Work within the Maintenance team and Capital Projects team (when required) executing and performing the same activities described above for Virginia Plant and the rest of FFA facilities when needed.
• Installs, starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.
• Execute and perfume the Preventive Maintenance (PM) plan for the automated manufacturing systems assets in Virginia Plant mainly and across FFA facilities when need it.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager to ensure list the spare parts needed to keep the automation equipment running as the plant needs.
• Fill out all maintenance documentation and procedures as required within CMMS and other applications such as GoCanvas; Shoplogix and others.
• Indicate potential automation equipment failures and problems as well as inherent dangers involved, providing different options to fix the root cause of them.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical degree, preferably in Electronic and/or Electrical and/or Automation.
• A minimum of 5 years of proven experience in maintenance, service and troubleshooting for electrical/electronics, controls, robots, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic fields involved in automatic manufacturing machinery are required as well as the ability to demonstrate high proficiency in these areas.
• High knowledge in Machinery movement controls as servomotors, PLC’s, Drives, robotics systems, instrumentation and control panels. Installation, maintenance and troubleshooting analysis within manufacturing ambient is fully required.
• A thorough knowledge of electrical/ electronic, robotic, control, automation and instrumentation components and equipment including the use of special instruments for diagnostic purposes is fully required.

Traveling Requirements:

• This position will require time to travel across FFNA facilities at least two or three weeks in a month depending on projects, major equipment intervention, equipment problems or installations needed.
• Main shift will be 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or more time as needed depending on the equipment availability or production problems we are facing.