PLC/controls Specialist

7 months ago


Pickering, Canada Siemens Energy Full time

**A Snapshot of Your Day**

Reporting to the Maintenance and Facility Manager, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a diverse team that strives towards improvement and reliability of production equipment. A major focus is on developing, implementing, and auditing manufacturing automation practices as well as maintaining and creating Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programs for existing and new equipment installations.

**How You’ll Make an Impact**
- Support the maintenance team with diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving equipment issues
- Support, coach, and develop electricians with controls related troubleshooting efforts
- Propose and develop projects that will increase reliability of the automation through controls and managing through capital expenditure (CAPEX) portfolio - Project Management
- Ensure Controls related work orders are scheduled and completed in a timely manner by working with the Maintenance Supervisor and Maintenance Technicians
- Highlight concerns with equipment and projects to responsible departments within the facility
- Study new machinery/processes and recommend or select efficient combinations
- Build new PLC (software + hardware) for upgradation of existing and new machinery within the production facility
- Maintain and troubleshoot existing PLC, liaising with OEM as required

**What You Bring**
- University Degree or College Diploma or higher in Electrical/Software/Process Engineering or a related field
- 3 or more years’ experience in a Controls and Automation role including PLC software and hardware installation and maintenance
- Controls or programming experience coupled with demonstrated understanding of mechanical and electrical fundamentals
- Strong working knowledge of industrial control systems, process automation, instrumentation, and maintenance processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve technical issues
- Experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus, Ethernet/IP, AS-i)
- Proficiency in Allen Bradley PLC’s, Panasonic, and Siemens S7
- Proficiency in industrial software (SCADA) and Allen Bradley FactoryTalk View HMI Software
- Solid understanding of motor control and VFD operations
- Understanding of Industrial Ethernet networks on a large scale
- Experience with project scheduling
- Ensure adherence to quality standards and health and safety regulations

**About the Team**

Our **Transmission** Division offers customers a broad portfolio of products, systems, solutions, and services geared around the key market trends of digitalization, decarbonization, grid stability and electrification. With expertise, passion and commitment, we are working to transmit energy in the most efficient and environmentally friendly way possible.

**Who is Siemens Energy?**

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

**Rewards/Benefits**
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture and a healthy work
- life balance
- Flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
- Competitive total rewards package
- Flexible benefits and savings programs
- Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell vacation
- Parental leave
- Profit sharing
- Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives
- Diversity and inclusivity focused

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