Responsibilities & Duties:

• Support plant Quality, high performance culture and continuous improvement programs through active participation in QRMP, Quality Management Systems and plant productivity programs
• Support General Plant Electrical, Maintenance, and Preventative Maintenance needs.
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment, maintain, and improve electrical control systems, and complete work orders.
• Communicate and coordinate with Maintenance/Production Leadership, any corrective electrical/mechanical maintenance required on assigned equipment to ensure optimum line efficiency and product quality.
• Lead in establishing predictive electrical maintenance initiatives for focused lines in the department. 
• Lead efforts to develop / enhance PM's & troubleshooting guides as assigned by Manager/Coordinator for focused department.
• Utilize the Maintenance system to document activities and to enter time daily. Ensures documentation is accurately completed using Quality Management System guidelines.
• Recommend and implement continuous improvement on equipment and system design through the use of team concept. Support project planning and execution. 
• Communicate with other shifts to ensure coordination of all maintenance efforts on assigned equipment and effectively operate as part of a team.
• Conform to Rochelle’s policies and procedures including, but not limited to: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), Lock Out/Tag Out, HACCP check points, Quality Standards, Fall Protection, Hot Work, OSHA Regulations, and all others

• Management reserves the right, as it deems necessary to assign jobs on a temporary basis in any manner that supports efficient plant operations.

   

Preffered Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years industrial electronics training and two years industrial controls experience or four years of industrial controls experience.
• Must be able to perform and train self/others in basic electrical and mechanical skills, mechanical repairs and overhauls, maintenance systems, computer skills, new technologies in preventive/predictive maintenance, problem solving/troubleshooting, etc. where skills are not at the required level.
• Must be able to program and troubleshoot Allen Bradley PLC’s, PanelView’s, Servos and related control networks.
• Demonstrate successful application of problem-solving techniques, effective communication and planning.
• Ascend/Descend stairs and ladders throughout shift
• Lift up to 50 pounds, crawl over, under and into equipment as necessary to perform job duties.
• Must possess manual dexterity necessary to operate equipment, disassemble and reassemble equipment, operate a computer and other standard office equipment
• Vision is adequate to manipulate equipment controls, complete paperwork, utilize computers, and have depth perception.
• Knowledge of PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers).
• Work weekends when plant enters busy season and when needed.