POSITION SUMMARY

The Electrical Engineering / Automation Technician plays a key role in improving the reliability, modernization, and performance of the plant's production equipment. This hands-on position bridges day-to-day technical support with long-term equipment improvement and plant modernization.

Job Description

The Electrical Engineering / Automation Technician plays a key role in improving the reliability, modernization, and performance of the plant's production equipment. This hands-on position bridges day-to-day technical support with long-term equipment improvement and plant modernization.

The Role Combines Two Primary Responsibilities

- Technical support to the Maintenance Department, particularly in troubleshooting and resolving electrical, electronic, instrumentation, and automation-related issues.
- Development and execution of improvement, automation, and robotics projects aimed at increasing equipment reliability, safety, productivity, capacity, and overall operational efficiency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Support & Maintenance

- Support the maintenance team in diagnosing and resolving complex issues on production equipment.
- Troubleshoot electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and automated systems.
- Diagnose issues related to PLCs, HMIs, variable frequency drives (VFDs), servo drives and motors, sensors, control systems, industrial networks, and machine safety systems.
- Actively support major breakdowns to minimize equipment downtime.
- Perform failure analysis and identify root causes of recurring equipment issues.
- Develop and implement permanent corrective solutions rather than repeatedly repairing the same failures.




- Support the development of troubleshooting methods and transfer technical knowledge to the maintenance team.
- Participate in preventive and predictive maintenance improvements for electrical and automation components.
- Document modifications and improvements made to equipment.

Automation & Equipment Improvement

- Identify automation opportunities to improve safety, productivity, quality, and equipment reliability.
- Design, program, test, and commission modifications to existing automated systems.
- Modify and optimize PLC and HMI programs on production equipment.
- Participate in modernization of control systems and replacement of obsolete components.
- Develop plant automation standards to reduce technology variation and simplify maintenance support.
- Participate in the integration and commissioning of recent production equipment.
- Develop solutions to improve machine cycle time, downtime, changeovers, process controls, and defect detection.
- Collaborate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.

Robotics

- Identify manual operations that could benefit from automation or robotics.
- Participate in feasibility studies and the development of robotics projects.




- Develop or coordinate the integration of industrial robots and cobots, pick-and-place systems, machine vision, palletizing/depalletizing, automated case packing, conveyors, and material handling systems.
- Collaborate with external integrators and suppliers during design, installation, programming, and commissioning.
- Ensure knowledge transfer to Maintenance and Production teams following implementation.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

- Analyze breakdown and downtime data to identify major sources of equipment losses.
- Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and associated corrective action plans.
- Identify equipment and components presenting obsolescence or reliability risks.
- Develop electrical and automation modernization plans for critical equipment.
- Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving OEE, reducing downtime, and increasing production capacity.
- Participate in cost reduction and operational performance improvement projects.
- Support new technologies that improve production data collection, monitoring, and utilization.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

- Participate in defining project requirements and technical specifications.
- Evaluate technical solutions, obtain and analyze supplier proposals and estimate project costs and benefits.
- Participate in the preparation of CAPEX requests when required.
- Coordinate activities with suppliers, integrators, contractors, and internal teams.
- Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) when required.
- Support and supervise installation, startup, and commissioning activities.

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