On-Shift Maintenance Electrical/Automation Engineer

The Need:
The person in this role will be responsible for providing Electrical/Automation Engineering support to the maintenance teams of a large manufacturing company. 

The intended purpose of this role is to:

• Provide training to the maintenance wage Electricians


• Provide troubleshooting support to the maintenance team


• Identify opportunities for improvement in machine reliability


• Aid the shop in development of the maintenance systems/practices


• This role will be on night shift and alternating weekends

Employment Type: Long Term Contract (LTC) - Initial 1-Year term with right to extend. This role is a pipeline position for day-shift full-time roles. CTH possible after 6-months, but is not guaranteed.  This support is needed starting immediately and currently does not have a defined end date. The position will be reassessed on a regular basis based on the investment plan and loading on the curing engineering team. 

Compensation: 120K/year ($57.70/hr) – $130K/year ($62.50/hr) Depending on experience and skills

Location: Woodburn, Indiana (a suburb on the Northeast side of Ft Wayne, IN) 

Work Authorization: US Citizen or Permanent Resident Green Card Holder (no sponsorship)

Is remote work an option: No

Work Schedule:

  Weekday    Week 1 Hours    Week 2 Hours
  Monday     Working 6p-6a   Off
  Tuesday    Working 6p-6a   Off
  Wednesday  Off             Working 6p-6a
  Thursday   Off             Working 6p-6a
  Friday     Working 6p-6a   Off
  Saturday   Working 6p-6a   Off
  Sunday     Working 6p-6a   Off

Day-to-day job responsibilities:

• Implement the direction of the maintenance leadership team on shift.


• Provide troubleshooting support to on-shift maintenance craftspeople and production supervision.


• Interface with internal company support groups to accomplish objectives and provide contract engineering management and direction when needed.

Technical Environment:

A large manufacturing production facility that use extruders, conveyers, industrial presses, forming and cutting machines, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), robotics, vision, x-ray, and other sensing devices, PLCs, HMIs, and so on.

Size of group: 25-27 including Engineers, Archivists 

Must haves for the position:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electromechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics engineering, or equivalent technical experience. 
  
  
  
  • 2-4 years of current engineering experience in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred. 
  
  
  
  


• Experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC programming standards & programming software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text as well as experience with VFD’s (or Variable Frequency Drives) and motion control technologies equipment.
  
  
  
  • Specific experience with Control Techniques, SEW MOVIMOT, and Rockwell, is a plus.
  
  
  
  


• Experience with controls systems network interfaces and various protocols (ex: Data-Highway Plus, ControlNet, and Ethernet) for communications between devices including computer system databases.

• Experience with electrical design standards and able to complete controls systems designs using standard CAD design tools. 
  
  
  
  • AutoCAD Electrical is a plus, SEE electric experience is preferred. 
  
  
  
  

Pluses for this role:

• Robotic experience, configuration or knowledge is preferred but not required.        
  
  
  
  • Specific experience with Fanuc, ABB or Yaskawa is a plus.
  
  
  
  


• Specific experience with Cognex, Keyence, Adept, Bytewise preferred. LMI Gocator is a plus.

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