PLC Technician

Description

Lactalis US Yogurt is currently seeking candidates to join our Maintenance Team.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you're looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

At Lactalis US Yogurt, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The PLC / Maintenance Technician role is responsible for installing, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing processing and packaging equipment, along with distribution systems through a broad knowledge base of manufacturing skills in electrical, controls, PLC, and mechanical disciplines, involving work of varied nature with minimum supervision, resulting in efficient and reliable operation of plant facilities.

Full-time opportunity on Day Shift - Monday through Friday - 1st Shift.

401K match up to 7% annually.

Referral bonus programs ($750-1500)

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision

FSA & HSA programs

Education Assistance Program

Paid time off includes 7 core holidays, 2 floating holidays, 2 volunteer days, and prorated vacation time up to 15 days

Premium pay (overtime) when working on Sundays and core holidays

and more

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include

• Troubleshoot control system circuitry and hardware including PLCs, IO modules and Variable Frequency Drives to return to as-built state.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve communications issues on various control system IO networks including DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet /IP and AS-i systems.
• Basic HMI modifications.
• Identify root cause & resolution to basic program logic sequencing issues.
• Identify missing permissive conditions and alarms within logic programming and provide meaningful information towards resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to work with high voltage equipment. This will include troubleshooting and understanding electrical prints.
• Complete routine paperwork such as filling out PM work orders, recording inspection results, logging emergency work orders, recording parts used from inventory and recording necessary readings on log sheets in an accurate and timely manner.
• Demonstrate a professional proactive approach to work by identifying areas for improvement and initiating actions to strengthen efficiencies and overall production operations.
• Regular attendance of in-house and external training to keep skills and knowledge up to date.
• Work in a safe and professional manner demonstrating positive attitude and professional demeanor in the performance of daily work.
• Demonstrate a professional proactive approach to work by identifying areas for improvement and initiating actions to strengthen efficiency and overall production operations.
• Flexibility in an ever-changing environment.
• Daily troubleshooting of automation, electrical, and mechanical calls on the production floor while juggling daily scheduled workload.
• Perform routine inspections of operating equipment and initiate preventative maintenance programs to ensure the reliable and safe operation of equipment is sustained.
• Daily recording operating parameters, monitoring equipment, logging findings, creating work orders as necessary, monitoring daily, weekly, and monthly operating trends.
• Routinely dismantle, repair, and reassemble complex equipment as needed to maintain optimum run efficiency.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education & Experience

• An associate degree in an instrumentation related field or equivalent demonstrated field experience is required.
• Minimum 1 - 3 years' experience working in an industrial, manufacturing environment in the PLC role.
• Working knowledge of Allen Bradley components (VFD, PLC.)

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge

• Familiarity with electrical troubleshoot through schematics, use of a multi-meter, safety systems, I/O debugging, AS-I devices, VFDs, Servo Motors & Devices, and various analog devices including flow meters, temperature / conductivity transmitters, optical and proximity sensors, Ethernet communication.
• Knowledge of troubleshooting and working with 24 DC, 110, 230, 460 and 600 VAC systems.
• Familiarity with function block and ladder logic PLC programming and systems integration.
• General knowledge of SAP, PowerFlex 4/40/525/70, Kinetx 5700, 600, 6500, PanelView Plus, CompactLogix, Endress+Hauser instrumentation, Stratix switches, Motor starter, fuse, and circuit breakers.
• Strong computer skills (MS-Excel, Word, Share Drives, OneDrive, etc.) required.
• Detailed oriented individual, able to manage multiple tasks with input from various individuals in the operations, maintenance, and engineering departments.
• Knowledge of software design principles.
• Detailed knowledge of PLC automation software and coding languages.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Scheduled workdays and hours may be altered depending on job demands.