Controls Technician

Blommer Chocolate Company; East Greenville (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Dental benefits day 1 of hire

Tuition reimbursement

Birthday chocolate

Job summary

Blommer Chocolate Company in East Greenville, PA is seeking a Controls Technician to quickly troubleshoot plant control systems including PLCs, robotics, and drives, ensuring minimal downtime.

The role involves supporting safety, reliability, and productivity, assisting capital projects, and coaching maintenance staff to reduce automation downtime.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in manufacturing, designing, installing and troubleshooting PLC and motion control.
• Repair and maintenance of electronics such as servo drives, HMI and programmable controllers.
• Reading electrical schematics, P&ID loops and ladder logic for troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input to drive safety, equipment reliability and productivity improvements.
• Coordinate work for capital projects requiring electrical, controls, instrumentation and/or programming integration.
• Maintain and improve existing instrumentation and control systems and support process optimization.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical troubleshooting

HMI/SCADA

Industrial networking

Electrical schematics

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Industrial trade certification or diploma

Tools

Allen Bradley

Siemens

Ignition

Job description

Description

We offer HEALTH & DENTAL BENEFITS DAY 1 OF HIRE! Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday!

Blommer has been providing delicious, high quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939. Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life!

Available Shifts:

Monday - Friday : 6:00a - 2:30p

Job Purpose:

The Controls Technician is responsible for quickly troubleshooting plant control systems to minimize downtime. As necessary, coordinate with other skilled personnel to bring systems back online. Control systems include PLCs, robotics, networked controllers, supervisor controllers, process controllers, and AC or DC motors and drives. Maintain, troubleshoot, improve existing and lead the implementation of new instrumentation and control systems including design, specification, installation, calibration, and qualification activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical input to drive safety, equipment reliability and productivity improvements
• Provide technical support for capital projects requiring electrical, controls, instrumentation and/or programming integration.
• Coordinate work of integration contractors based on resource and/or technical expertise requirements.
• Conduct basic controls training for maintenance personnel
• Share expertise with production personnel by coaching them with tips to reduce automation downtime
• Assist with environmental and safety compliance
• Perform all other task assigned as needed by the business and operations
• Identifying and correct control problems with PLCs, HMI displays, safety/operational interlocks, photo eyes, drives and servos.
• Using a laptop for running diagnostics of a controller including those on a network.
• Reading drawings such as electrical schematics, P&ID’s (control loops), and ladder logic as an aid in troubleshooting.
• Understand industrial networking.
• Supports existing operations in the recommendation of process optimization strategies and hands-on implementation of process improvements with the goal of cost savings.
• Maintain proficiency in control software (e.g. Allen Bradley, Siemens, and other controls platforms) and machinery equipped with PLC’s through vendor training and interaction with engineering personnel.

Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Industrial trad certification or diploma in a specific work-related area such as PLC or drive certifications preferred
• Five (5+) years’ experience in the manufacturing industry, designing, installing and troubleshooting PLC and motion control software and hardware.
• Five (5+) years’ experience in repair and maintenance of equipment or electronics, such as, servo drives, HMI and programmable controllers.
• Controls experience with the following:
  • Interfacing with PC based control systems such as Ignition. HMI-SCADA-Historian system design, development and testing.
  • Error recovery and troubleshooting for robot operations. Capability to operate teach pendant, re-teach position, and understand operation flow chart.
  • Loading recipes and programs into controllers.
  • Transferring drive parameters for AC or DC motor drive replacement.
  • Running diagnostics and tune process controllers (such as temperature).
  • Coordinate site instrument calibration program utilizing both internal and external calibration resources. Calibrating various equipment per manufacturer’s instructions such as transducers
  • Specific training related to Allen Bradley drive equipment.
  • Evaluating and implementing preventive/predictive maintenance programs on A.C. and D.C. motors, drives and other electrical equipment.
  • Experience with automated packaging.
• Employee must be able to accomplish the Essential Duties and Responsibilities to be competent in the job
• Basic use of computer, tablet, scanner, iPad for recording information
• Able to read and write English to review and prepare shipment paperwork/documents

Blommer Chocolate Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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