FOOD MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CITY OF INDUSTRY NEEDS A PLC AUTOMATION TECHNICIAN ON NIGHT SHIFT START TIME IS 10PM WITH O/T AND WEEKEND AVAILABILITY MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING WKENDS. FREE BENEFITS AT THIS PLANT FOR THE EMPLOYEE. PAY RANGE IS 35-39HR.

JOB DESCRIPTION: PLC Controls Technician

POSITION SUMMARY:

Maintain mechanical and electrical industrial food manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance.
• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules, regulations and practices of the facility.
• Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualification.
• Install, maintain and support all production related equipment utilized in processing areas.
• Use a variety of test equipment, machines, hand tools and computer aided equipment.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and production needs in an expeditious professional manner.
• 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.
• Repair and maintenance of high-speed packaging equipment, dismantling and assembling multiple brands of mechanical and electrical equipment, repair and replacement of defective parts, and knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
• General understanding and compliance with all OSHA regulations, National Electrical Codes, State Mechanical Codes and other Plant/Facility Operational or safety procedures.
• Ability to comply with and execute the established preventive maintenance and work order/repair program in place.
• Compliance with all other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to apply industrial electrical / PLC programming and troubleshooting ladder logic with multiple platforms such as Allen Bradley control logic, HMI, and servo drives.
• Be able to apply software interfacing to PLC’s, VFD’s, HMI, configuring ethernet connection, and PLC networks
• Be able to process control instrumentation, calibration of Pressure transmitters, RTD’s, and analog transducer signals. d. 3 years of experience in design and panel building of electrical hardware, HMI, AC/DC VFD drives, Servo drives.
• Must be able to have knowledge of electrical systems beakers, power distribution systems, motors, and motor controls equipment

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Some College or trade school study in National electrical code, and industrial electrical technology
• 3 years industrial electrical / PLC programming and troubleshooting ladder logic with multiple platforms such as Allen Bradley control logic, HMI, and servo drives.
• 3 years of experience in software interfacing to PLC’s, VFD’s, HMI, configuring ethernet connection, and PLC networks
• 3 years of experience process control instrumentation, calibration of Pressure
• transmitters, RTD’s, and analog transducer signals. d. 3 years of experience in design and panel building of electrical hardware, HMI, AC/DC VFD drives, Servo drives.
• Proficient in electrical knowledge of electrical systems beakers, power distribution systems, motors, and motor controls equipment
• Some College or trade school study in National electrical code, and industrial electrical technology
• Must possess previous experience and/or technical training in one or all of the following areas:
  • PLC, electrical controls and motor circuits.
  • Mechanical and machinist.
  • Hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
  • Cutting torches, TIG and stick welding

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 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 handle/finger.
• Frequently lift and carry up to 25 lbs from floor height to overhead and carry more than 100 feet.
• Occasionally kneel/crawl.
• Occasionally use fine motor tasks and taste/smell.
• 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 carry 3 feet.
• 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.
• Available to work 2nd shift (2:00 pm to 10:30 pm schedule may vary)