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POSITION PURPOSE: The primary role of the Lead Controls Technician is to provide leadership within the Maintenance department in the areas of electrical, mechanical, and control systems design and documentation.  The Lead Controls Technician provide guidance to other Controls Technicians, recommend and implement process improvements, assist maintenance management in project development, planning, and installation, and be a resource to all floor technicians and operations personnel. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Communicate with maintenance management on a daily basis.
2. Ensure Controls technicians recommendations and work meets Lopez Foods standards.
3. Design and install PLC control systems and operator interfaces on major projects as well as smaller scale projects
4. Design, install, and maintain industrial network backbone and data collection systems
5. Troubleshoot and program industrial robots as well as train others at the appropriate level on operation and troubleshooting procedures
6. Assist maintenance department in maintaining standards on: PLC programming, HMI layouts, electrical drawings, communications, data collection and equipment standardization
7. Maintain backups of all system software
8. Assist other control technicians on designing and installing projects
9. Complete all trouble response calls through documentation of work orders and downtime log     
10. Coordinate trouble response efforts and PM tasks in a timely manner with fellow technicians to maximize uptime
11. Communicate with the Maintenance Parts Coordinator to insure adequate parts inventories  
12. Promote a safe and clean working environment by following clean as you go procedures
13. Attend and participate in all safety, staff, etc. meetings and activities
14. Promote and utilize the Enterprise Asset Management System by following all Infor EAM procedures and expanding individual use of the system
15. Ensure that all safety procedures and guidelines are properly adhered to
16. Inform appropriate management and floor technicians of potential electrical/mechanical problems and inherent dangers involved

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Extensive hands-on PLC programming experience including new design and installation startups
•  Must thoroughly understand and have experience interfacing PLC’s with:  AC/DC and servo drives, instrumentation, sensors, bar code readers, and HMI.
• Experience programming and replacing various operator interfaces including: PanelView, PanelView+, and Red Lion
• Thorough understanding of drive parameters and how to apply them on the plant floor:  Entering basic motor nameplate data, 2-wire/3-wire control, dynamic braking, DC Hold, drive tuning, scaling analog inputs and outputs.
• Ability to interpret existing drive wiring and parameters from one brand and retrofit with another
• Ability to develop HMI applications beyond simple buttons and data entry boxes.  Examples of this include but are not limited to: utilizing parameter files and a single screen to operate duplicate devices, macro’s, VBA, and various proprietary scripting
• Extensive background with Controls networking: DeviceNet, Ethernet/IP, Serial-over-Ethernet, Hart, DH+, RS232, DH485
• Ability to troubleshoot Multi-PLC messaging between different classes of PLC’s: SLC 5/03-4-5, PLC5/40, ControLogix
• Through knowledge of communications software: RSlinx Classic, RSlinx Enterprise,  RSNetWorx products, and OPC servers
• Good background with various Microsoft OS: XP, 2000-2003 Server, Win 7, and Virtual server environments
• Basic understanding of DCOM and computer security
• Ability to provide network troubleshooting using: BOOTP, ARP, PING, ROUTE, IPCONFIG, DHCP, and SNMP
• Good understanding of Ethernet managed switches in a control’s environment and basic understanding of routers
• Ability to support SCADA data collection systems used to collect plant floor information.
• Ability to write simple SQL queries against a database within Excel
• Fanuc Robot teach pendant programming, unit load programming, ability to interface Fanuc robots with PLC
• Working knowledge of implementing and tuning PID loops to control industrial processes
• Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel from equipment operators to upper management, both individually and in a team environment 
• This position requires an organized individual, who is self-motivated and can work independently