Instrumentation & Electrical Tech - 2nd Shift

Kikkoman Foods; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kikkoman Foods Inc HQ and Walworth Plant in Wisconsin is seeking an instrumentation technician for second shift. You will test, calibrate, install, repair, and inspect manufacturing equipment and monitoring devices, and perform general maintenance on equipment.

The role involves designing measuring and recording equipment and contributing to preventive maintenance programs. You will work on a highly automated food processing facility, reading blueprints and P&ID drawings while ensuring safety

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintenance of electrical and process control systems for a highly automated facility to ensure safety, productivity, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot 480V systems.
• Install, repair, calibrate, and maintain instrumentation in process controls.
• Determine causes of instrument malfunctions and improve reliability.
• Control and troubleshoot variable frequency drives.
• Read and interpret electrical blueprints, schematics, P&ID and loop drawings.
• Perform preventive maintenance on instrumentation and electrical equipment.
• Work both in teams and independently, maintaining accuracy and safety.
• Assist in implementing and improving preventive maintenance programs.
• Generate and maintain written maintenance procedures.
• Follow GMPs in daily work.
• Execute and document planned and unplanned maintenance in the maintenance management system.
• Apply root cause analysis to resolve equipment issues.
• Assist in maintaining parts inventory.
• Plan maintenance with operations, contractors, and plant staff.
• Perform call-in duties as requested by supervision.
• Mechanical maintenance as needed.
• Provide mentorship and training as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Kikkoman Foods Inc HQ and Walworth Plant - Walworth, WI 53184

Job Shift: Second Shift

Summary: As an instrumentation technician, you will test, calibrate, install, repair, and inspect manufacturing equipment and monitoring devices. You'll also perform general maintenance on the equipment and design new measuring and recording equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Repair and maintenance of electrical and process control systems for a highly automated food processing facility, to operate in the safest and most productive condition, supporting continuous improvement and reliability of equipment and building systems
• Possess the ability to troubleshooting 480 systems
• Installation, repair, calibration, and maintenance of instrumentation used in process controls, analyzing systems, valves/actuators, and other pneumatically controlled devices
• Determines causes for malfunctioning instruments and takes appropriate action to improve system reliability
• Variable frequency drive programming and troubleshooting
• Reads and interprets electrical blueprints, schematics, P&ID and loop drawings
• Performs preventive maintenance on instrumentation & electrical equipment
• Working as part of a team but would routinely perform work independently and maintain a high level of accuracy and safety, while performing your duties
• Assists in the implementation and improvement of effective preventive maintenance programs for equipment and facilities
• Generate and maintain written procedures for maintenance tasks
• Follows all applicable good manufacturing practices (GMP's).
• Executes and documents planned and unplanned work via maintenance management system
• Leverages methodologies like root cause analysis to identify and resolve equipment issues
• Assists in the maintenance of parts inventory
• Plan maintenance work with operations, contractors, and other plant staff
• “Call in” duties as requested by Maintenance supervision
• Depending on the situation, mechanical maintenance work may be required.
• Mentorship/training as needed
• Other duties as assigned

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