Senior Programmer/Tech

Position Overview: Provide resources and support for all maintenance, engineering, and production needs. Addressing equipment down time, proper operation of equipment, and spare parts ordering along with supporting the daily issues for the entire facility. With additional responsibilities of maintaining the facility communication network devices, printers, and computers. This role helps to maintain the overall efficiency of the plant.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining Lexington facility IT systems daily operations.
• Responsible for supporting the maintenance department with electrical and PLC programming needs.
• Support the maintenance department in the absence of the maintenance supervisor.
• Responsible for supporting new equipment from an electrical and PLC programming standpoint.
• Integration of new equipment into the daily process.
• Design and modify equipment electrical systems.
• Work with vendors to keep desired electrical components on hand.
• Responsible for maintaining the Lexington IT budget.
• Manage electrical and programming projects.
• Assistant administrator of the CMMS system (internal maintenance tracking system).

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities:

• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment together with professional peers and system users.
• Must have the ability to tactfully communicate differences of opinions and ultimately perform in the best interest of CM.
• Knowledge on mining for information to solve issues during a project or implementation.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Knowledge of VF drives, plc controls, operator HMI screens, servo controls., etc.
• Computer working knowledge.
• Ability to manage projects in a timely manner.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex electrical circuits.
• Mechanical experience.
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair servo systems.
• Ability to work with high voltage.

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Database software; Design software; Development software; Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet and Word Processing software.