Manufacturing Equipment Controls Specialist

• Diagnose and resolve equipment issues to reduce downtime and elevate yield and product quality.
• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance and support predictive strategies and spare-parts optimization.
• Coach production personnel through technical hurdles and collaborate to keep output on track.
• Rebuild worn components in the parts repair shop to “as-built” condition, contributing to annual cost avoidance.
• Support retrofits and upgrades; draft and update SOPs and shop repair instructions.
• Assist with validation protocols tied to equipment and process changes.
• Continuously improve manufacturing processes for balanced gains in cost, throughput, yield, and quality.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• English fluency (read, write, understand, communicate).
• 1+ year of relevant hands-on experience.
• Work hours: 36-48 hours/week; 6:30 PM EST - 6:30 AM EST on a 12-hour rotating night shift (2 on, 2 off, every other weekend)., * Direct machine maintenance experience.
• Proven success troubleshooting and repairing production equipment.
• Related technical certification or equivalent training/experience (e.g., manufacturing technology, electrical engineering)., * Electrical Troubleshooting Skills
• Troubleshooting Skills
• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Pneumatics Experience
• 120/208/240/480 Voltage Systems
• Motor Replacement/Repair/Maintenance
• Hydraulics Experience
• Electrical Systems Diagnostics & Repair
• Preventive Maintenance & Inspection
• FDA Regulations
• Industrial Robot Programming
• Electrical Installation
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Electrical Repair
• Troubleshooting Industrial Automation Equipment
• Mechanical Design & Engineering
• Mechanical Testing
• Hi-Pot (High Potential) / High Voltage Testing
• PLC Programming Experience
• PLC Wiring Experience
• Engine Repair
• Electrical / Electronic Systems
• Engineering Degree
• Tool/Die/Mold Repair Skills
• High School / GED
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment

Tools you’ll interface with

• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) (Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Beckoff)
• Conveyor Systems

Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• Paid time off, * Career development designed to help you see your growth clearly.
• A mission that matters: improving sight to improve lives.
• Benefits include health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and more.

Join Alcon in Johns Creek, GA and keep cutting-edge manufacturing equipment performing at peak levels. If you love tracking down faults across electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and PLC/controls systems-and helping teammates learn as you go-you’ll feel right at home here.