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Position: Electrical Controls Specialist Electrical Automation & Maintenance Lumber Mills

Location: Eastern Alabama (Chambers County)

Salary: Based on experience (Aggressive Base Salary + 15% Bonus)

Industry: Lumber, Wood Products, Forestry, Paper & pulp

Full Relocation Assistance is Offered

Position Summary:

The Electrical Controls Specialist will provide skilled technical and engineering support to repair and perform maintenance, programming, and refurbishment of Mill electrical systems and automation projects.

The position will assist in the management of projects, coordination of work, and execution of work related to electrical maintenance, electrical engineering, and automation.

The major emphasis is on analyzing and solving complex technical problems and continually identifying opportunities to improve equipment's uptime, reliability, and performance.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate small to medium-scope projects for electrical and automation improvements.

• Assist maintenance planning and reliability maintenance with the CMMS / Ivara system.

• Investigate, design, and procure equipment and spare parts for root-cause solutions to problematic equipment issues.

• Solve problems, seek, and identify opportunities, and implement solutions with limited input from others.

• Respond to calls out and trouble/repair calls.

• Work with equipment suppliers to repair and maintain OEM specifications and modify/retrofit equipment and systems for efficiency improvements with the manufacturing process.

• Repair, replace, or modify electronic and electrical process control equipment.

• Implement design changes on programmable controller and microprocessor-based process control equipment.

• Read and interpret electrical schematics and drawings.

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Act to correct or report unsafe working conditions and behaviors.

• Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Education and Experience:

• Must have a 2-year Associates Degree from a technical school in a related field.

• Must have 5 to 10 years of experience in electrical/technical support work in an industrial environment

• Specialized or highly trained with the following equipment:

• Control Logix programming, hardware, and firmware upgrades

• RSLinx.

• Factory talk asset Centre

• Factory Talk Studio and Client addition (New HMIs)

• Some form of IT or computer networking from Cisco or Rockwell software and hardware components such as Stratix 8000, 5200, or 6000 switches

• Powerflex drives 755, 753, 525, and 523 (Powerflex 700 are very similar so that would be okay)

• Working knowledge of power systems, HMIs, PLCs, Large Motor Drives and Motors

• Demonstrated initiative and independent thought

• Discretion and tact in dealing with interpersonal situations