Industrial Controls Technician

About the role

As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for supporting, creating, integration, troubleshooting and improving the controls systems within the manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Shift Hours: 8-hour shifts
• 2nd Shift: 2 pm to 10:30 pm
• 3rd Shift: 10 pm to 6:30 am
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, holidays and emergency events
• Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
• 2 + years (minimum) experience in Controls Programming and Industrial Controls Technology or equivalent education in a related field/industry

Qualifications

• Knowledge and practical application with the following technology areas: PLC’s, HMI’s, process instrumentation, machine control systems, VFD’s, servo drives, robotics, power distribution (
• Working knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

Skills

• Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs, stand, walk, climb, bend, push, pull, and twist over surfaces, climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms, wear protective clothing and equipment, work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions, work with allergens that might be present in a food environment, work in a tobacco free environment

Benefits

• 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) match
• Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
• And much more!

Pay

$37.50 per hour to start
$39.25 per hour after completion of required training (Tech 2)

Schedule

Shift differential - Additional $1.00 per hour for 2nd and 3rd shift

Company Overview

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Our Products

• Progresso soup
• Old El Paso hard shells and tortillas
• Old El Paso kits
• Old El Paso seasonings
• Nature Valley bars

What your day will look like

• Create high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
• Use TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
• Work with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers
• Willing and able to LEARN and get paid doing it
• CHALLENGE yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
• SUPPORTING, creating, integration, troubleshooting and improving a variety of processing/packaging controls systems including Wonderware, ArchestrA Systems, PLC
• READING and updating electrical and control schematics, piping and instrumentation diagrams
• PROVIDING technical support/skills for equipment troubleshooting and controls/equipment modifications
• UNDERSTANDING, INITIATING, and PARTICIPATING in Root Cause Analysis (Why, Why)
• PARTICIPATE in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• AID in TRAINING new employees