Controls Specialist

ilitch; New Boston (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Champion Foods is seeking a Controls Specialist Automation Technician to provide controls, programming, instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical support at our manufacturing facility. You will troubleshoot and repair automated equipment, read schematics and P&IDs, and collaborate across engineering, maintenance, and production teams.

Ideal candidates have extensive maintenance experience in automation, know process control and power distribution, and can train others on production-line

Qualifications

• Must have six+ years of industrial maintenance experience or advanced education in automation controls.
• Experience with process control and power distribution.
• Ability to read mechanical/electrical schematics and P&IDs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair manufacturing equipment, utilities and facility.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical circuits (single/three-phase, DC).
• Provide operating instructions and training on production line equipment.
• Develop and revise maintenance SOPs.
• Troubleshoot PLC, servo, HMI, and VFD systems.
• Maintain field instrumentation and interfaces to control systems.
• Ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Automation controls

Programming

Troubleshooting

Industrial maintenance

Tools

Wonderware

AB Control Logix

AB PLC 5000

PanelVIEW

Indramat Servco

Kinetix Servo

DeviceNet/Ethernet

Unix/Windows OS

Vision systems

Job description

Baking a Better Future

Champion Foods, a pizza trailblazer, is expanding, and we're looking for dynamic talents to enhance our innovative and quality-driven team. We produce products cherished by families nationwide and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to quality, and a warm workplace culture that feels like family. If you're passionate, eager to grow, and want to work for a company that values each voice and champions personal development, your next career adventure starts here. Join us, and let's craft great things together, one delicious slice at a time.

Job Summary :

The Controls Specialist Automation Technician position provides general controls, programming, instrumentation, electrical, & mechanical support to the manufacturing facility in the areas of manufacturing automation equipment. This position requires competency in the troubleshooting, analysis, and repair of automated mechanical and electrical equipment. The Controls Specialist Automation Technician employs a positive, professional attitude at all times, and communicates effectively in a team environment that includes personnel from engineering, management, maintenance, production, sanitation, quality assurance.

What You'll Do

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility. Share knowledge of applicable automation, controls, & PLC concepts/principles to other maintenance personnel.
• Provide troubleshooting and repair of facility electrical equipment that includes single phase AC circuits, three phase AC circuits and DC circuits.
• Execute position requirements with little or no supervision.
• Assist in writing and revising maintenance department standard operating procedures.
• Must have significant experience with process control and power distribution.
• Read and interpret mechanical and electrical manuals/ schematics and P&ID'S as required.
• Provide operating instructions and/or training of production line manufacturing equipment to other facility associates.
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as scheduled and report and qualify results.
• Generate various types of reports and documents (i.e. shift summaries, test results, project write -ups, etc.)
• Complete work order tasks as assigned and report results
• Troubleshoot and resolve control system problems associated with hardware and software contained within the facilities PLC, Servo controller, operator interface, and VFD systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot various types of field instrumentation (i.e. pressure transmitters, RTD's, load cells, etc.) and their interfaces to the control systems.
• Provide technical assistance to reduce /eliminate issues associated with equipment, performance, quality and safety.
• Provide assistance in determining the specifications and requirements of spare parts under the department's spare parts program.
• Perform special projects from time to time as assigned by maintenance management in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Inform the appropriate facility personnel of any necessary modifications or system malfunctions that would affect their area of operation.
• Utilize existing and future maintenance management systems effectively.
• Communicate effectively with outside vendors and equipment manufactures.
• Maintain a safe and neat working area in compliance with all OSHA, FDA and Food Plant regulations.
• Maintain a proactive attitude to ensure maximum efficiency and longer run-time of production line manufacturing equipment.
• Ensure that production line equipment is left in a functional state for subsequent shifts.
• Performs work in a safe manner and works within company policies.
• Be proficient with the standard Microsoft office software packages (Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, etc)
• Perform non-technical assignments as requested by management.
• Maintain tools in good working condition and report damaged tools immediately.
• Perform other and incidental duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring

• Must have strong programming skills with the following hardware and software: Wonderware; AB Control Logix, AB PLC 5000 series; AB panelviews, AB & Indramat Servco Controllers; Ethernet & Device Net Communications; UNIX & Windows OS, Kinetix servo control & trouble shooting, connected components workbench software. Panelview and ME software. vision systems.
• Must have at least six (6) years of industrial maintenance experience or advanced education in automation controls, PLC, programming, electrical, mechanical, and electronics.
• Must obtain the minimum assessment level required for a Maintenance Technician III as established by the maintenance department.

Where You'll Work

Works in a variety of locations in the building as well as some outside work. Production areas, offices, freezers, common areas, elevators and restrooms, silos, as well as on the roof. Position may require continuous standing, squatting, lifting, sitting, bending and moving of heavy weight (over 50 pounds) material in difficult work positions.

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