What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineering Technician - 2nd Shift position at Laars Heating Systems Company?
Manufacturing Engineering Technician - 2nd Shift
Primary Function:
The Manufacturing Engineering Technician performs various technical tasks associated with supporting manufacturing processes or equipment. Technical tasks include performance troubleshooting, gauge and instrumentation calibration, machine programming and problem diagnosis.
Responsibilities:
- Work with production supervisors, maintenance, engineers, technicians and outside contractors to maximize plant efficiencies and machine up-time based on root cause investigation.
- Provide technical support to an assigned area.
- Provide initial troubleshooting including identifying additional resources needed to address issues found.
- Support continuous improvement activities.
- Make specific equipment recommendations to improve machinery performance, maintainability, and reliability.
- Assist in identifying technical accuracy of electrical drawings and equipment programs.
- Coordinate and perform audits to ensure proper execution of program storage and backup systems.
- Evaluate the performance of hardware on equipment and responses to equipment failures.
- Utilize metrics/data to evaluate and improve equipment processes.
- Ensure appropriate monitoring to assess the health and functionality of assets.
- Perform PLC programming adjustments and optimizations
- Troubleshoot electrical controls systems.
- Assist team in integrating, installing, successful launch and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment and tools.
- Provide technical input to engineer or project lead.
- Assist with the calibration testing, set up, and repair of various controls, instruments and gauges measuring variables within the manufacturing process.
- Provide project support to equipment installation and upgrade activities.
Job Requirements:
- Engineering or Technical degree preferred
- Strong communication skills and team focus
- 1 years of practical experience in a manufacturing environment providing automation/controls troubleshooting for industrial machinery.
- Must possess mechanical aptitude
- High degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently
- Strong interpersonal skills in facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution
- Experience with the following disciplines is preferred:
- Servo motors
- VFD drive and motion control
- Fanuc Robots
- Allen Bradley
- Siemens
- Network configuration
- Ignition
- Cognex / Keyence vision systems
- Welding controls
- Urethane foam applications
- High volume powder coat applications
- Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- AutoCAD / AutoCAD Electrical
About the Company:
Throughout a history dating back to 1881, Bradford White Corporation has been manufacturing some of the most high-performing, technologically advanced, and energy-saving products to the world market. While many manufacturers continue to move production out of the country, we continue to invest in America.
We are proud to have millions of products installed for millions of satisfied customers all over the world. Our essential products continue to support the health, safety, sanitation, and infrastructure of communities and for 2022 we’ve been recognized as an Energy Star Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award Winner for the third straight year.
For the Bradford White family of companies, customer satisfaction is our greatest reward, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to deliver products that are Built to be the Best®. Today, we employ more than 1900 employees with headquarters in suburban Philadelphia and manufacturing operations in Middleville and Niles, Michigan and Rochester, New Hampshire.