Tmoulder
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Hi all,
At my company, we're having a similiar problem, but reversed. I do all the controls work, so we need a machine builder, somebody who can visualize a machine to fit a problem, design, draw, buy/make parts for and build it. I'll make it dance, friend, you just give it some feet.
We've been looking for a while now, and what we mostly get are guys who can design machines, but have to hand the plans off to the tool room from there. We have a full tool room, mills lathes and EDM even, but the guys there are always busy with tooling and dies. Ergo, our person needs to be able to make his own parts
The big thing for me is, I have to work hand-in-hand daily with the new guy. Apart from the skill set, the candidate needs to have a good disposition.
I like my company, I love my job, and I'm thankful to be where I am, particularly since some of the posts here indicate my kind of job (pure controls tech, wire machines, program controls, some maintenance supprt, and now SCADA) is exceedingly rare. We're a clean plant, well-funded, always buying and developing new equipment. I've worked in some pits, and had a "poison" boss, and brother, I know how good I've got it.
I don't need a to hear a 2-hour tirade on how the company stinks, the operators are illiterate, management is lazy, the engineers are idiots, and nothing is done correctly. One of our more technically qualified applicants was complaining about the job BEFORE HE HAD IT!
So, we're still looking. If anybody has the mechanical skill mentioned, a mellow disposition and plays well with others (and an interest in living in the Tampa, Florida area), heck, gimme a yell. I'll pass resumes on to the boss. My username here is TimothyMoulder, drop me a private message and I'll get you an email address.
A few final notes -
1. Anyone who says "ladder logic is ladder logic" has never really programmed a thing in his life. Call me an elitist if you like, but I consider PLC programming a craft. Just because you can write a coherent sentence doesn't make you Stephen King, and just becuase you've strung a few ladder contacts together and made the lights blink, doesn't make you a programmer.
And I could do Ken's flip-flop
2. I don't work to learn - learning is part of my job, like hooking up wires or writing code. I am always looking for better ways to do what I do. It makes the product better for the company, improves my value, and yeah, it's a pride thing. In my opinion, anyone who isn't learning from or about his job, and thinking of ways to do it better and more efficiently, isn't doing his job.
That's my two bits. Sominex is taking hold now, so g'night all!
TM
At my company, we're having a similiar problem, but reversed. I do all the controls work, so we need a machine builder, somebody who can visualize a machine to fit a problem, design, draw, buy/make parts for and build it. I'll make it dance, friend, you just give it some feet.
We've been looking for a while now, and what we mostly get are guys who can design machines, but have to hand the plans off to the tool room from there. We have a full tool room, mills lathes and EDM even, but the guys there are always busy with tooling and dies. Ergo, our person needs to be able to make his own parts
The big thing for me is, I have to work hand-in-hand daily with the new guy. Apart from the skill set, the candidate needs to have a good disposition.
I like my company, I love my job, and I'm thankful to be where I am, particularly since some of the posts here indicate my kind of job (pure controls tech, wire machines, program controls, some maintenance supprt, and now SCADA) is exceedingly rare. We're a clean plant, well-funded, always buying and developing new equipment. I've worked in some pits, and had a "poison" boss, and brother, I know how good I've got it.
I don't need a to hear a 2-hour tirade on how the company stinks, the operators are illiterate, management is lazy, the engineers are idiots, and nothing is done correctly. One of our more technically qualified applicants was complaining about the job BEFORE HE HAD IT!
So, we're still looking. If anybody has the mechanical skill mentioned, a mellow disposition and plays well with others (and an interest in living in the Tampa, Florida area), heck, gimme a yell. I'll pass resumes on to the boss. My username here is TimothyMoulder, drop me a private message and I'll get you an email address.
A few final notes -
1. Anyone who says "ladder logic is ladder logic" has never really programmed a thing in his life. Call me an elitist if you like, but I consider PLC programming a craft. Just because you can write a coherent sentence doesn't make you Stephen King, and just becuase you've strung a few ladder contacts together and made the lights blink, doesn't make you a programmer.
And I could do Ken's flip-flop
2. I don't work to learn - learning is part of my job, like hooking up wires or writing code. I am always looking for better ways to do what I do. It makes the product better for the company, improves my value, and yeah, it's a pride thing. In my opinion, anyone who isn't learning from or about his job, and thinking of ways to do it better and more efficiently, isn't doing his job.
That's my two bits. Sominex is taking hold now, so g'night all!
TM
