Controls Technician

Magna International, Inc

Highland Park, Michigan

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Automotive Technology, Commissioning, Communication Skills, Control Systems, Corrective Action, Customer/Client Research, Develop and Maintain Customers, Document Control, Document Management, Electrical Components, Electrical Design, Electricity, Heavy Equipment/Vehicles, Identify Issues, Internal Audit, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Market Research, Microsoft Office, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Production Management, Production Support, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Project Start-Up, Requirements Management, Safety Standards, Safety/Work Safety, Schematics, Technical Writing, Technical/Engineering Design, Testing, Validation Testing, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Highland Park, Michigan
POSTED
12 days ago
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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Job Responsibilities:

What We Offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary
Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Job Responsibilities

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Responsible for the design, development and installation of new plc based control systems.
  • Provides production support by trouble shooting and resolving machine PLC related issues.
  • Produce and update documents including work/user instructions, functional specifications, detailed design specifications, electrical and pneumatic schematics, etc.
  • Conduct machine functionality and fault recovery testing and participates in project startup and machine commissioning.
  • Work collaboratively with Manufacturing Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, Production Supervisors and other internal staff.
  • Reports all unsafe and unhealthy conditions, as well as injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately to management.
  • Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Magna Employee Charter, the Occupational Health & Safety Act. And the Michigan Occupational Health & Safety Act.
  • If there is any reason to believe that any equipment, physical condition of the workplace or assigned task is likely to jeopardize customer's requirements, internal requirements or the quality of tests results and/or equipment build, notify management immediately.
  • Authorities as detailed in our Quality System for ISO/TS16949 2009 including but not limited to Corrective and Preventative Actions, Control of Documents, Control of Records, Internal Audits and Control of Nonconforming Product

EXPERIENCE

  • Demonstrated experience in the following: Electrical control system design, PLC programming and troubleshooting, Strong MS Office skills, willing to work overtime as per job requirements.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a Control Tech preferred.
  • Knowledge of industrial networks. (DeviceNet, EthernetIP)
  • Familiar with Vision Systems (Keyence, Cognex, Omron)
  • Basic knowledge of the use of electrical devices (i.e. proximity switches, load cells, LVDT's, signal conditioners, etc.)
  • Ability to read and understand technical documents, schematic design specification.
  • Excellent written & oral communication, as well as analytical & problem solving skills.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

  • Associate Degree or equivalent experience.
  • Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronic or similar Engineering degree/diploma/certi

About the Company

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Magna International, Inc

We are a leading global automotive supplier with 347 manufacturing facilities and 94 product development, engineering and sales centres in 27 countries. We have over 159,000 employees focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative processes and World Class Manufacturing.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Automotive and Parts Mfg
FOUNDED
1957
WEBSITE
http://www.magna.com/