Job Description

An Electrical Control Technician at Encore Wire will be primarily responsible for the safe rectification of machinery and equipment used in the various production plants and throughout the facility as directed by Supervision or Company dictated equipment priority. The Control Technician must be able to work on all facility wide electrical systems. A good understanding and experience of all mechanical and electrical disciplines is needed, these would include hydraulics and pneumatics.

Essential Job Functions

• Experience and technical knowledge of the operation of AC and DC drives.
• A thorough understanding of speed feedback devices theory and operation.
• An understanding of temperature control and temperature components.
• A good understanding of PID and control loops.
• A good understanding of Ethernet communications and connections.
• Proficient in PLC and HMI systems, to include communications drivers and connections, PLC program navigation and controlled manipulation.
• A thorough understanding of all electrical components and electronic devices.
• Show an understanding and demonstrate the processes involved in diagnosing defective components, motors, drives and electronic components.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to use diagnostic equipment.
• Experience with selecting electrical components when original OEM components are not available.

Other Skills/Abilities

• The candidate must be a Team player and be willing to share his knowledge freely. The candidate will be required to work with all team members undertaking any and all roles from leading a task to cleaning up after a task.
• A successful team member will have extremely good work ethic and a great punctuality and attendance record.

Physical Requirements

• Requires repetitive movement
• Requires walking
• Requires kneeling, crouching and stooping
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Requires lifting up to 50 pounds while bending, twisting and/or standing

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