Automation Technician must have the following competencies:

• Associate/Technical degree in Industrial Mechanics, Electricity, Electronics, or Instrumentation.
• Experience in Automation Engineering (Maintenance and/or Projects) including but not limited to PLCs, HMI’s, DCS, Historians, Industrial Data Networks, Instrumentation, and related hardware.
• Knowledge of Network Topologies (Control Net, Device Net, CAN, Flex-Bus, among others)
• Performs maintenance and troubleshooting of PLCs, batch applications, instrumentation, human-machine interfaces, control systems, and process network applications used in utilities, manufacturing, and packaging equipment.
• Executes Control System software upgrades, backups, restore, disaster recovery, and archiving, as needed.
• Reads and interprets ladder logic programming, function blocks, blueprints, schematics, and specifications, and utilizes them to troubleshoot and determine causes of equipment malfunction.
• Must be able to use tools such as electronic testers, oscilloscopes, programmers, data loggers, and meters to test instruments, equipment, and electronic controls.
• Must have sufficient knowledge of instrumentation and control systems to troubleshoot malfunctions.
• Able to understand and make decisions regarding spare parts and preventive maintenance for automated control systems. Assists in the development of specifications, selection, FAT, installation, commissioning, and validation process of new utilities and manufacturing/packaging equipment, as well as to improve existing applications.
• Performs operation and design analysis of plant utilities and/or manufacturing/packaging equipment and systems to improve their operation.
• Experienced in the functionality of components such as PLCs, VFDs, Transmitters, Encoders, Servo Motors, Transmissions, Pumps, Motors (AC/DC), Interlocks, Valves, Switches, and Actuators, among others

Mentor Technical Group es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin importar raza, color, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, información genética, origen nacional, estado de veterano protegido, estado de discapacidad o cualquier otro grupo protegido por ley.

Mentor Technical Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.