PLC Technician - $45.98/hr

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Job Purpose

Perform detailed controls design, development, and maintenance on the mill networking and communication system to ensure continuous operation. Support maintenance personnel on troubleshooting and repair of all network systems. Perform routine maintenance and upgrades on existing equipment. Act as an interface between the mill, IT, engineering support and key suppliers.

In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Perform all duties in accordance with safety/quality rules and regulations.
• Develop and document specifications, plans, prints, schematics and other necessary documentation required to clearly communicate mill systems.
• Develop detailed design of automation and process control systems that integrate PCs, PLCs, AC and DC drives, position controllers and networks.
• Integrate statistical control components into system design including basic control charting, real time and historical trending, remote monitoring, and data acquisition/control.
• Develop, configure, install and debug PC and PLC communication networks that facilitate the collection and distribution of plant floor information to defined plant, business and maintenance personnel.
• Develop, install, and debug control system programming including PC operating, PC networking, SQL, Access, Excel, PLC, HMI and specialty software.
• Maintain technical skills by attending trade shows or clinics. Investigate new equipment applications with consultants and company engineers and suppliers.
• Lead development and training efforts of maintenance personnel in the design features, process operation, interpretation of system information and application for that information regarding control system functionality.
• Read wiring and circuit diagrams.
• Perform other duties as necessary.
  
  

What do I need to be successful?

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of WonderWare HMI software and the ability to effectively apply them into the manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of statistical control techniques and programs such as SPC, SQC.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence and guide people to allow successful completion of objectives.
• Ability to function on or lead multi-discipline or cross-functional teams.
• Time management, organizational and prioritizing skills.
  
  

Education

• Vocational degree required.
• PLC training completed.
  
  

Experience

• 10 years’ electrical experience.
• Demonstrated supervisory training.
• Or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities of this position.
  
  

LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.