OT:controls engineer responsibilities
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James Mcquade
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thank you everyone.
you have added a lot to my knowledge and i feel more confident about the next interview when it comes. the only bad thing is having to move if required.
james
you have added a lot to my knowledge and i feel more confident about the next interview when it comes. the only bad thing is having to move if required.
james
TurpoUrpo
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I have a short list from my experience:
-Everything and if somebody else could not fix it even if its mechanics, plumbing or what not, then the controls guy would be the go-to guy.
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Usually it depends on position to position. With Fords large department it might be more in standardization with smaller areas of responsibility and with small company the position would most likely be from maintenance to project management covering everything from the safety to electrics and from sensors to MES systems. Usually plant side guys should not be writing much code but more on the supervising side of things.
-Everything and if somebody else could not fix it even if its mechanics, plumbing or what not, then the controls guy would be the go-to guy.
*****
Usually it depends on position to position. With Fords large department it might be more in standardization with smaller areas of responsibility and with small company the position would most likely be from maintenance to project management covering everything from the safety to electrics and from sensors to MES systems. Usually plant side guys should not be writing much code but more on the supervising side of things.
I_Automation
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You forgot:
Tuning the bosses car
Washing the bosses car
Brakes on the bosses car
Stopping by the bosses girlfrends apartment and fixing her garbage disposal or air conditioning
Replacing burnt out lights in the office, and sign out front
Better stop before I max out the message limit
the_msp
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Yep, during FAT and SAT; RAR is expected (Run At Rate).
So aside from all that, how did startup go?
I didn't drink alone.
Peter Nachtwey
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I like Jaden's addition.
I have seen too many system that were designed with no thought about how it is to be controlled.
A system that is designed has a transfer function. In all my career I have NEVER seen a transfer function for a system unless I supplied it.
I have seen too many system that were designed with no thought about how it is to be controlled.
A system that is designed has a transfer function. In all my career I have NEVER seen a transfer function for a system unless I supplied it.
I_Automation
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That is how I got into designing controls.
I worked at an automotive stamping plant working in maintenance that was troubleshooting and upgrading PLC's and controls. A new tapping machine was being planned to be ordered and the supervisor of the department said he could build it in-house for 1/10th the cost.
8 months later he showed me his completed machine. It looked professionally made - I was surprised it didn't look home-made. Then he told me all I had to do is build the controls and make it run, something I had never done or planned on doing.
Took me a few months but I did it, and it was still running after 20 years last I heard.
James Mcquade
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Anyone heard of 8A trouble shooting procedures and if so, where can i find them on the internet. i googled it and came up with product info only.
james
james
I_Automation
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Is that for industrial - or health?
I heard of it and my search just pulled up results about Health Industry IT
EDIT: That's a curriculum number, but in the field it was referred to as 8A
the_msp
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I've heard of 8D but not 8A
https://quality-one.com/8d/#:~:text=The 8D problem solving process,similar problems in the future.
https://quality-one.com/8d/#:~:text=The 8D problem solving process,similar problems in the future.
I_Automation
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Someone in HR that knows nothing about controls or IT read about your 8D and health's 8A in various magazine articles?
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