Instrumentation & Controls Technician: PLC & Drives

The Neil Jones Food Company; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Medical/dental/vision

Life and AD&D insurance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Convenient Vancouver location

Free parking

Job summary

The Neil Jones Food Company is an industry leader specializing in fresh-packed, vine-ripened tomatoes and fruit. This Instrumentation and Controls Technician will troubleshoot, install, and maintain plant control systems at the Northwest Packing plant in Vancouver, WA.

Responsibilities include PLCs, drive systems, calibration, and electrical wiring, with extended shifts during peak season.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Instrument Technology certification required.
• At least 3 years of commercial or industrial instrumentation experience.
• Ability to calibrate transmitters and control loops using calibration equipment.
• Ability to program controllers and analyze control loops with computer software.
• Willing to work extended schedules and shifts during the fresh pack season.

Responsibilities

• Determine the existence of electrical hazards and problems.
• Safely isolate, ground and prepare circuits and electrical apparatus to enable repairs.
• Install and maintain drive systems such as variable frequency drives, eddy current, and DC drives.
• Install and maintain programmable logic control systems (PLC).
• Interpret and/or modify PLC control logic as necessary.
• Install and calibrate pressure, temperature, flow, and level controls.
• Install electrical conduit, pull, and terminate wiring.
• Effectively communicate problems and solutions to resolve electrical problems.

Skills

Instrumentation experience

PLC programming

MCC panels

Ladder logic

Education

High school diploma or GED

Instrument Technology certification

Tools

Programmable logic controllers (PLC)

MCC panels

Calibration/test equipment

Job description

The Neil Jones Food Company is an industry leader specializing in fresh-packed, vine-ripened tomatoes and fruit. This Instrumentation and Controls Technician will troubleshoot, install, and maintain plant control systems at the Northwest Packing plant in Vancouver, WA.

Responsibilities include PLCs, drive systems, calibration, and electrical wiring, with extended shifts during peak season.