Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzing manufacturing equipment for opportunities to improve reliability as measured by such items as reduction in frequency of repetitive failures.
• Reduction in downtime incidents and the duration of such incidents.
• Assisting supervisors and craftsmen in trouble shooting machine issues and repairs.
• Developing and managing projects for equipment installation and preventative maintenance.
• Developing preventative/predictive maintenance programs for new and existing equipment and training programs.
• Developing and maintaining electrical documentation for production equipment.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Thorough understanding and demonstrated hands on experience configuring, programming and troubleshooting PLC's, HMI's and variable speed drives.
• Basic knowledge of AC and DC motors and power distribution.
• Familiarity with relevant codes: NEC, OSHA, and ANSI.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing maintenance environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably BSEE or BSEET.
• Must be a proven team player, catalyst for change, strong communicator and have solid organizational skills, good time management and administrative skills.
• Good computer skills and the ability to effectively use various information systems necessary.
• Must possess excellent communication and effective coaching skills.
• Work with the IT group to optimize and integrate the machine network to meet the demands of manufacturing. Additionally, participate in the development of long-term planning to enhance the Plant production.
• Willingness to work in a 24/7 operation environment and be flexible to respond to their share of after work calls and will participate in periodic shutdowns.
• Participate in off-hours on-call rotation.
• Specific Competencies:
• Proficiency in Allen Bradley Software Suite
• Rockwell FactoryTalk implementation and maintenance experience
• FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI experience
• Capital project management ($5000 - $1,000,000)
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development
• Power distribution experience
• MS Project, MS Office and AutoCad

We offer an excellent compensation/benefits package. To inquire, please visit our Career Center at http://www.formica.com/en-us/careers.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V.

Only qualified individuals (those who meet the fundamental qualifications) will be considered as applicants for this position. Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 days from the date of the initial posting.