Big World IT Solutions
Controls Engineering Technician
Plymouth
Posted about 2 months ago
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Role: Controls Engineering Technician
Location: Plymouth, DEV, PL6 7BP
Job Description
Main responsibilities will include:
- Implement improvements to TPM processes to increase OEE, liaise with department representatives to ensure that PM is successfully initiated and completed within the time frame.
- Provide support to set-up and maintain pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems on production equipment.
- Read electrical drawings, analyse, troubleshoot, and perform maintenance and repairs of any plant electrical systems (including, but not limited to, programmable controllers, servo motors, AC motors, contactors, etc.).
- Maintain equipment logs on assigned equipment, recording pertinent information about downtime and maintenance problems. Documents all process changes using a methodical problem-solving approach.
- Provide relevant information on equipment and process performance, to include production and waste information while proactively driving continuous improvement activities through the shift teams.
- Monitors production machinery as needed to ensure top performance and takes a proactive approach to resolve concerns after efficiently comparing the financial impact of intervention versus current state in any given situation.
- Attend Production Analysis Board (PAB) meetings providing engineering status of line and agree resource deployment to Support Shift Technicians in Investigation of losses (Breakdowns, Waste, Speed) to ensure countermeasure is effective.
- Coach and Mentor Technicians in quality and effectiveness of problem-solving tools and robustness of countermeasures.
- Connect to PLC machinery to help diagnose complex faults and make minor software changes, when required under the guidance of the process engineering team.
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About You
- Level 3 qualification in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is essential.
- 5 years experience as a Manufacturing Engineer / Technician or a similar field.
- Experience in fault finding and root cause analysis within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Strong technical skill and demonstrated proficiency in working with a wide variety of production equipment.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electro-mechanical and electronic equipment and the ability to recognise, define and correct equipment deficiencies in a timely fashion.
- Knowledge of current and state of the art technology in a wide variety of disciplines with familiarity in electronic controls, high-speed assembly operations, standards development, statistical engineering, and data collection systems (MES, Scada, etc).
- Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency of PLC operations, robotics, Maintenance, Programming, and the ability to read schematics or machining, tooling design, tooling assembly, part drawings and pneumatic schematics.
- Able to interpret and comprehend and troubleshoot Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) logic.
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Our generous benefits including:
- Matched contribution Pension scheme up to 10% of salary
- Life assurance and critical illness cover
- Private Medical Insurance
- Share save scheme – matched up to £150/month
- Reward & recognition scheme linked to Health and Safety and Continuous Improvement
- Employee Assistance Program, supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised canteen
- Free car parking
- 24 days holiday (25 after 5 years)
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Skills
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Fault Finding
Root Cause Analysis
Production Equipment
Mechanical Systems
Electro-Mechanical Equipment
Electronic Controls
PLC Operations
Robotics
Maintenance
Programming
Troubleshooting
Data Collection Systems
High-Speed Assembly Operations
Problem-Solving