Automation Intern

STATUS: 

Non-Exempt / Hourly

DEPARTMENT: 

Automation

HOURS: 

Monday – Friday, average of 45 hours per week

Responsibilities

Duties

Standards of Performance

Quotes

• Advise sales needed/missing information to provide an accurate quote.
• Interact with customer/vendor to gather information required to do an accurate quote.
• Advise sales on constraints from customer that are unrealistic, costly, risky, etc.
• Request advice from others in department on issues outside of expertise.
• Provide accurate numbers & disclaimers to customers for quotes.

• Quality of interacting with coworkers & customers during the quoting process.
• Accuracy of information gathered to provide a correct quote.

Electrical Drawings

• Review PID drawings & identify devices needing controls.
• Research panel components connections & draw them on the electrical drawing.
• Appropriately mark electrical drawing for revisions & stages with proper approvals.
• Order panel component parts & account for the lead time required.

• Quality of following RELCO’s documented processes for errors/revisions.
• Accuracy of ordered parts and providing feedback.

Panel Building

• Review parts list and inventory them in an organized fashion for assigned projects.
• Contact appropriate people about missing items.
• Read the electrical drawings & build panels to specifications on drawing.
• Give feedback on electrical drawing errors.

• Accuracy of information parts ordered for panel.
• Accuracy of building panel to the electrical drawing specs.

Automation Programming

• Identify device control boundaries of sequencers instances & pin charts.
• Produce pin charts & review with process engineer.
• Conform code structure that applies for the project.
• Document code.
• Follow directions from a superior, or an assigned superior, for a project.
• Set-up & recipe screens to organize in a logical fashion based on production mode, chronological write order, and flow paths.

• Quality of identifying device control boundaries.
• Quality of code used and documented.

Panel Building & Programming Testing

• Program networks that support IO in panel(s).
• Double check wire labels, solenoid labels, terminal labels, etc. for correctness.
• Check every IO point for communication to PLC code for assigned projects.

• Quality of panels built and PLC coding

Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning

• Set-up and verify field instruments, VFD, PLC IO, and HMI clients.
• Informing supervisor of concerns or delays with commission of the automation system while onsite.
• Watch people and control system interaction and detect unforeseen bad events that can be avoided by changing the code with approval from superior.
• On the fly code changes with low risk of bringing system down.
• Assist in training operators and answer questions.

• Quality of set ups & informing others of concerns that could cause delays.

Internal Software Development

• Take a software/idea & formulate layout for the code.
• Develop and document the code.
• Test and maintain internal software for the end users.

• Quality of the idea, the layout, and the code used for the project.

Safety Standards

• Follow all safety procedures when operating machinery.
• Keep work area clean & organized so not to present a safety hazard.

• Quality of safety procedures followed.

Other Duties

• Assist with all special projects assigned by the manager/supervisor

• All other duties as assigned.