The Bottling Control Technician maintains the electrical and electronic aspects of bottling operations and provides technical capability to maximize production efficiency using PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers).
Requirements
- Minimize equipment downtime through effective troubleshooting of electrical and mechanical equipment in a complex distributed control system.
- Improve bottling line efficiency through changes to automated controls.
- Utilize technical skills in troubleshooting, adjusting, and repairing packaging machinery that demonstrates literacy and required sophistication to manage PLC environments as well as using mechanical aptitude to solve all mechanical and electrical problems in the bottling facility.
- Assist mechanics with electrical problems.
- Install and program electronic controls: i.e., VFD's, HMI's, PLC's.
- Install and terminate wiring for new equipment.
- Interface with vendors to maintain support network.
- Provide daily support to production team and warehouse to ensure efficient daily operational efficiencies are achieved.
- Responsible for understanding the ISO, Safety, & Quality Policy’s.
- Maintain backup programs of all PLC bottling line programs.
- Keep current with the latest developments for packaging line control.
- Calibrates, tests, maintains, troubleshoots and installs all packaging instrumentation, control systems and electrical equipment.
- Train new PLC technicians.
- Maintain spare parts inventory.
- Ability to setup and modify parameters in vision inspection systems.
- Maintain positive relationship with all team members across all departments.
- Uses maintenance reporting system to record time and material use, problem identified and corrected, and further action required; provides complete history of maintenance on equipment.