Controls Technician

Electrical Controls Technician

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

This position works out of our Columbus, Ohio plant location in the Abbott Nutrition Division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

The Columbus Plant is Abbott's first manufacturing facility in the world, making us a leader in science-backed nutrition products. Working here, you'll be part of a family that works together to produce quality products that make a difference and help keep consumers nourished at every stage of their lives.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1
• Vacation – 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 5 personal days + 10 paid holidays
• Retiree Healthcare program
• Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• A stable company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

The goal for the Electrical Controls Technician within the Maintenance Department is to maintain plant electrical/mechanical systems and equipment in a safe and reliable manner. This work must comply with all applicable corporate, state and federal regulation/policies. The Maintenance Department's function is to provide outstanding customer service and support to the manufacturing teams through preventative/predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and upgrading of plant processing, packaging, and the filling line equipment.

Perform repairs and troubleshoot high speed equipment and plant utility systems; make machine adjustments to case packers, palletizers, sleevers, labelers, and other equipment for proper operation

Perform Preventative Maintenance on equipment to ensure proper operation

Troubleshoot and repair/replace variable frequency drives (VFDs), vision systems and barcode scanners, video-jet ink printers, computer control systems

Install various components including: seals, bushings, couplings, bearings, O-rings, gaskets, adhesives, belts, chains, rollers, sprockets, gears and sheaves, cylinders, etc.

Wire and repair/replace electric motors; repair basic wiring, install/replace correct size fuses, troubleshoot motor overload protection and contactors

Use electrical tools such as Multi-meter and Megger

Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting problems with AC drive systems and PLCs

Ability to make emergency repairs with welding and fabricating brackets

Use guidelines within National Electric Code (NEC); read electrical schematics and wire directly from wiring diagrams

Access and interpret PLC logic via a laptop computer or desktop station and properly maintain a PLC

Accountable for maintaining various hand tools and equipment; drills, wrenches, micrometers, calipers, torches, welders, lathe, mill, multimeter, grinders, bandsaw, etc.

Follow all plant and department procedures, GMP's and plant safety rules. Keep all work areas clean by following 5S protocol.

Follow all maintenance safety procedures; LOTO

12-hour rotating night shift, 6p-6:30a

$40.59/hour ($38.66/hour + 5% shift differential)

2+ years of electrician, controls technician, or industrial experience

Electrical technical degree, or High School Diploma/GED and 2+ years of equivalent experience in an Instrumentation or related role

Able to access and interpret PLC logic via a laptop computer or desktop station and understanding of wiring schematics

Understanding of the wiring schematics to properly maintain a PLC

Experience with Allen Bradley, Rockwell, RSLogix including but not limited to VFD's and PLC's

Associate's degree or higher in an electrical technical field

Experience with Instrumentation – performing calibrations and critical PM's on equipment components to ensure operation within proper tolerances

Experience with Instruments. Examples: Pressure, flow, temperature, humidity, level, weight or scale experience; using 4-20 mA loop control, 0-10V control, calibration procedures, setup and verification with other equipment, etc.

Able to repair and rebuild: centrifugal/positive displacement pumps, capper chucks and filler valves, etc.

Able to work with Plant engineering team to develop sustainable more robust systems into our asset care programs