Controls Technician - Food Processing & Mechatronics

Boar's Head Brand; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Boar's Head Brand in Petersburg, VA is seeking a skilled Controls Technician to provide preventive, corrective, and emergency repair of electronic controls at our manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient equipment operation and minimizing downtime.

You will train plant electricians and mechanics in controls diagnostics, review control system designs for food processing environments, and coordinate with Facilities, QA, and Operations to maintain safe, reliable equipment.

Qualifications

• HMI interface and programming expertise.
• Experience with electro-pneumatic and electro-hydraulic controls.
• Coordinate repairs with mechanical maintenance technicians.
• 3–5 years in industrial equipment controls.
• Mechatronics training or courses preferred.
• Meat processing knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and troubleshoot analog I/O (A-D, 4-20 mA, 0-5V, etc.).
• Perform component replacement and coordinate repairs with mechanical maintenance technicians as necessary.
• Review and suggest performance and improvement ideas with Facilities Manager.
• Maintain required program backups for critical equipment.
• Conduct functional and operational tests to evaluate performance and reliability of critical equipment.
• Diagnose and repair controls and control systems (electro-pneumatic and electro-hydraulic systems).
• Provide controls diagnostic training to plant electricians and mechanics.
• Continually develop equipment and process expertise.
• Maintain and train safe work practices.
• Work with Operations associates to ensure proper equipment operation.
• Work with Sanitation associates to ensure proper equipment care.
• Perform work as assigned by Facilities Manager.

Skills

HMI programming

Industrial controls

electro-pneumatic

electro-hydraulic

PID control

Mechatronics

Safety practices

Education

Mechatronics training

Meat processing knowledge

Job description

Boar's Head Brand in Petersburg, VA is seeking a skilled Controls Technician to provide preventive, corrective, and emergency repair of electronic controls at our manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient equipment operation and minimizing downtime.

You will train plant electricians and mechanics in controls diagnostics, review control system designs for food processing environments, and coordinate with Facilities, QA, and Operations to maintain safe, reliable equipment.