Controls & Automation Technician-Nights

Overview:

Maintain mechanical and electrical industrial food manufacturing equipment

Responsibilities:

• Ability to read and understand a variety of electrical drawings and navigate via

• Understanding of controls schematics, ladder diagrams, and relay logic.
• Knowledge and ability to troubleshoot low and high voltage controls and understanding

• Ability to troubleshoot and navigate and adjust parameters on VFD's.
• Experience with Rockwell Automation software (FTView, Studio 5000 & CCW)
• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance.
• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules,

• Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualification.
• Install, maintain and support all production related equipment utilized in processing

• Use a variety of test equipment, machines, hand tools and computer aided equipment.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and production needs in an expeditious

• Ability to effectively troubleshoot and diagnose equipment failures or breakdowns.
• Perform maintenance in accordance with maintenance schedules, utilizing appropriate

blueprints, diagrams, sketches, national codes and verbal/written instructions

• Assist other mechanics when performing heavy jobs.
• Must be able to work overtime, weekends and willing to move to any shift.
• Repair and maintenance of high-speed packaging equipment, dismantling and

• General understanding and compliance with all OSHA regulations, National Electrical

• Ability to comply with and execute the established preventive maintenance and work

• Document completed work as required by the supervisor.
• Compliance with all other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Must possess previous experience and/or technical training in one or all of the following

areas: o PLC, electrical controls and motor circuits.

o Hydraulic/pneumatic systems.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to read and comprehend blueprints, diagrams and schematics.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to document to effectively present information for needed records of parts or

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one small group situations to

• Ability to use effective problem-solving skills.

• Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and

• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and

distance

• Lift, carry and push equipment.
• Reach, bend and twist/turn in awkward positions.
• Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance.

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
• Stand/walk 7 or more hours per day.
• Continuously talk/hear throughout the day.
• Frequently squat, bend, reach, twist/turn, grip/grasp, and climb.
• Frequently use eye/hand coordination and eye/hand/foot coordination as well as

• Frequently lift and carry up to 25 lbs from floor height to overhead and carry more than

• Occasionally kneel/crawl

• Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs from floor height to shoulder and carry over 100 yards.
• Occasionally lift up to 100 lbs from floor height to shoulder and carry up to 3 feet.
• Occasionally lift more than 100 lbs from floor to waist height with another person and

• Push tool carts requiring 25 lbs of force over 100 yards.
• Push seal bar carts requiring 50 lbs of force over 100 feet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and

color vision.

• Must be able to work in shop and production environments.
• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.
• Constantly work near moving equipment.
• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.
• Frequently work in area with fumes or airborne debris.
• Frequently work with toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Frequently work in extreme heat/cold.
• Occasionally work in high places.
• Occasionally work with hand tools causing segmental or whole-body vibration.

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform.
• Cut resistant and nitrile gloves.
• Powered industrial trucks including lift trucks and electric pallet jacks.
• Aerial lifts including scissor and articulating boom lifts.
• Use of ladders including step, fixed and extension.
• Use of shop equipment – welder, grinders, lathes, drills, presses and other metal

working tools.

• Use of power and pneumatic tools.
• Use of test instruments (micrometers, calipers, etc.).
• Use of electrical meters.
• Use of precision measuring instruments.