AUTOMATION ENGINEER OPENING IN CITY OF INDUSTRY CA WITH A LARGE DAIRY FOOD MANUFACTURING PLANT. 1 FOR GRAVEYARD SHIFT AND ONE FOR SWING SHIFT. SALARY RANGE IS 100-110K THEY WON'T PAY HIGHER THAN 110K
SHIFTS: Graveyard Shift: 1 opening
Start – 8pm-10pm
End – 4:30am -6:30am
LOCATION: CITY OF INDUSTRY
SALARY RANGE: 100-110K
RELO: $7500 DOLLARS FOR RELO

We have an opening for an Automation Engineer based in City of Industry, CA! This position will be part of the Maintenance team facility, also a member of management process improvement team and will be responsible for the line efficiency regarding instrumentation and PLC, production and other focus improvement needs. Be able to show strong leadership skills with the ability to direct, motivate, and provide clear direction in a food manufacturing environment. Also, follows all safety procedures as stated in GMP, safety standards, plant rules, and code of ethics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyzes, identifies, recommends, and implements solutions for reducing production downtime, and non-value added activities.
• Identifies and implements productivity enhancement opportunities.
• Acts as a subject matter expert on controls hardware and software.
• Works with PIT (Process Improvement Teams) to resolve controls issues. Also, works with Lead mechanics by utilizing FI (Focused Improvements) tools.
• Leads and facilitates SRC (Simple Root Causes)
• Leads participation to review and improve plant wide cost savings and TLE (True Line Efficiencies).
• Coaches and guides maintenance team within assigned area of responsibilities.
• Follows all safety rules, plant rules, GMP, and code of ethics.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Job Specifications

To perform the duties of this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 5-10 years of experience in a food processing plant.
• Experience in PLC programming, and ladder logic trouble shooting and ethernet.
• Experience with strong knowledge of operation in Direct and Indirect pasteurization, i.e. VTIS Tetra

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read, and interpret data from charts, graphs, and instruments, and compute rate, ratio, and percent and to identify any digressions.