PLC Electrical Technician - Sweetwater

Your Job

We are currently seeking an experienced PLC Electrical Technician for our Gypsum facility in Sweetwater, Texas. This is a highly skilled position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintaining manufacturing equipment /processes. This position creates value by ensuring the reliability of the equipment to help meet and exceed the facility's goals for quality and production by, troubleshooting, and diagnosing electrical and/or control problems on all manufacturing equipment in accordance with plant policies and procedures.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's building product business is consistently amongst the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http:www.buildgp.com.

Compensation:

• $36-$40/hr. depending on level of experience

• Eligible for a $5000 sign on bonus

What You Will Do

• Programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining advanced PLC 5, SLC 500, Compact and Control Logix, Remote IO, Point IO, Messaging, DeviceNet

• Reading assembly drawings, schematics, and equipment layouts

• Maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electronic circuits

• Maintaining, troubleshooting, and replacing control devices

• Understanding and using data to improve productivity

• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures

• Assisting crew members and work in team environment

• Helping meet or exceed production waste and quality goals

• Assist with design, implementation and management of improvement projects related to PLC and new automated equipment.

• Work with Supervisors, Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to plan, procure and document maintenance activities.

• Utilize strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least (1) one year of Electrical Controls experience in a manufacturing, industrial, military, automotive or agricultural environment

• At least (1) year of PLC programming and troubleshooting experience

• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics

• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining pneumatic systems

• Experience troubleshooting hydraulic equipment, circuits, and components

What Will Put You Ahead

• Associate degree or technical certification in Industrial Instrumentation, Electrical, or Automation technology with 3+ years of related work experience

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.