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Form of workJob purpose
The primary responsibility of the Automation Technician position is to perform the maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades for the plant electrical, networks, automation, and instrumentation systems.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Qualifications/Required Skills
Education
Experience
Certifications
Work Environment
Location of majority of duties
Environmental/Physical aspects
Relationships
Alignment with Core Values of the Company
Respect & Value Our People
Stay in Front of Challenge While Reducing Costs Delight Our Customers
Food Quality & Safety
The primary responsibility of the Automation Technician position is to perform the maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades for the plant electrical, networks, automation, and instrumentation systems.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Assure the proper and safe operation of process instrumentation and automation control systems.
- Calibration and repair of temperature, flow, pressure, DP, weight, level instrumentation and the associated testing equipment.
- Diagnose, repair, install, and modify electronic and or electro-mechanical equipment including analog, digital, and discrete components.
- Perform updates on electrical and process control systems to maximize plant production and reliability.
- PLC programming, installation, and troubleshooting.
- Human Machine Interface design, development, troubleshooting and installation.
- Programming and installation of AC/DC variable frequency drives
- Design and layout of electrical control panels and associated equipment
- Design and update data acquisition systems.
- Project development, maintenance, and troubleshooting of industrial and computer networks.
Qualifications/Required Skills
Education
- Associate's degree focusing on Automation and/or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience
- The ideal candidate will have a fundamental understanding of electrical automation and control equipment in the food manufacturing industry.
Certifications
- Complete and maintain Idahoan Foods Electrical Safety, Forklift, CPR, and First Aid certifications. Technical Skills
- Experience and knowledge in the application of Rockwell Software.
- Experience with Allen Bradley PLC and PAC controllers.
- Understanding of AC/DC electrical Theory, Ohms Law, and basic electrical formulas and equations.
- Knowledge in trouble-shooting electrical distribution systems, AC/DC motors, transformers, and relay control systems.
- Experience with process sensors, encoders, and other industrial control equipment.
- Familiar with Servo controllers, VFDs and robotics.
- Working knowledge of the NFPA 70 (NEC) and other electrical practices and standards.
- Knowledge and experience applying and interpreting results from test equipment including process calibration equipment, digital volt-ohmmeters, oscilloscopes, ammeter, analog sourcing meter, megohmmeter, and digital frequency meters.
- Read and interpret electrical drawings, schematics, blueprints and P&IDs.
- This position requires quantitative skills and knowledge of math functions such as percentages and decimals.
- Computer fluency in word, excel, outlook and file management required.
- Able to use basic hand tools including soldering irons and power tools. Interpersonal Skills
- Must be able to communicate effectively with others.
- This position requires a high degree of self-confidence and maturity to make decisions required in day-to-day activities.
- Must be able to solve problems with minimal direction, be detailed oriented and have strong organizational skills.
- A team player who is flexible and accepts changing assignments and accountabilities. Should display excellent interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to complete projects based on individual knowledge and experience with limited Management oversight.
Work Environment
Location of majority of duties
- The nature of this position requires the ability to work in hot, dry, wet and cold environments inside and outside the facility for extended periods of time.
Environmental/Physical aspects
- This position requires the ability to perform various physical activities such as lifting (up to 50 lbs.), standing on concrete floors for extended periods of time, in an environment with moving parts and loud noise.
- Must be able to work with sanitizers and cleaning chemicals.
- Must be flexible to work various shifts as assigned by the Supervisor.
- Works on ladders, scaffolds, forklift cages and scissor/boom lifts and in pits using proper safety precautions.
Relationships
- Collaborate with Maintenance Team.
- Communicate with various department leads and supervisors.
- Accountable to various departments of plant management.
Alignment with Core Values of the Company
Respect & Value Our People
Stay in Front of Challenge While Reducing Costs Delight Our Customers
Food Quality & Safety
