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The Automation Reliability Technician will be responsible for executing assigned tasks with a strong focus on maintaining safe work practices, delivering high-quality, precise work, and supporting a customer service-oriented culture that contributes to the success of \"Great Products & Service.\" They will ensure adherence to established standards and best practices, leveraging both training and work experience. This position also involves mentoring Reliability Electricians at levels II-IV, sharing maintenance knowledge and skillsets, while continuing to enhance their understanding of maintenance practices, equipment performance, and their impact on manufacturing processes and business goals. Additionally, the individual will provide feedback on job assignment needs and suggest improvement opportunities to both peers and leadership.\n$40.57/hrly\n2nd Shift 3PM-11PM\nShaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.\nHeadquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide\nResponsibilities\n1. Maintain manufacturing process and support equipment to highest, reasonable performance levels to include electrical systems including, but not limited to:\nElectrical system components - MCC’s, inverters, motors, etc.\nControl systems - PLC’s, robotics, and other associated automation equipment\n2. Perform advanced troubleshooting and lead repairs of equipment causing or contributing to safety, quality, downtime/productivity opportunities and issues\nDifferentiate between cause types when troubleshooting among product, process, mechanical, and electrical contributors\nCommunicate findings and, leading design and implementation of correction steps\nVerify, provide feedback, and update electrical schematics appropriately and in a timely manner\n3. Execute and assist in development of proactive maintenance plans, including planned jobs on assigned equipment to include:\nPreventive Maintenance (PM) - inspection & measurement of equipment components for proper function applying specifications, drawings, and written instruction on pre-defined schedules\nCondition Maintenance (CM) - repair and replacement of components identified as requiring attention through PM & PdM activities based on detailed job plans, including development of detailed job plans and ensuring any necessary updates to schematics are completed\n4. Execute assigned or scheduled work orders in support of projects and process improvement (PI) efforts identified as critical to business objectives\nIncludes design, setup, and programming of complex PLC and other operational equipment involved in product manufacturing\n5. Mentor Reliability Electrician II’s-IV’s in development of needed skills, assisting those resources with oversight and management of projects and other work assignments linked to manufacturing systems\nRequirements\nSafety practices - LOTO, Confined Space, PPE, Hot Work, PIT, Fall Protection, Hoisting & Rigging\nCalculator and Computer application - work order documentation, parts requisitioning\nMeasurement units, techniques and application of appropriate tools including Process Calibrators, oscilloscope, IR camera, data loggers, and data archival and analysis\nMath skills to include\no Arithmetic\no Application of formulas such as current, voltage, etc.\no Conversion of measurement units\nAbility to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics/prints, updating electrical prints/schematics assigned for modification\nIdentification and proper use of tools, focused on selection of the right tool for work assignment application\nWorking knowledge of the National Electric Code 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