Maintenance Automation Technician

Bachoco USA; Muldrow (OK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Bachoco USA in Muldrow, OK is seeking a Maintenance Automation Technician to preserve, repair, and maintain computer-controlled systems and robotic devices in our production line. The role covers diagnostics, preventive and corrective maintenance for PLCs, robotics, conveyors, and electrical distribution within a food manufacturing setting.

The position requires 1+ year in related roles with extensive experience in industrial electricity, instrumentation, and programmable controllers.

Qualifications

• Requires more than 1 year experience in the plant or related roles.
• Requires 3 years experience in Industrial Electricity and 3 years combined with instrumentation and programmable controllers; 2 years of training or apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Check daily parameters of critical control points (temperature, weight, amperage, pressure).
• Coordinate preventive maintenance of electrical, electronic and control equipment.
• Supervise external contractors on electrical/electronic projects; advise Engineering on new setups and sanitary design.
• Coordinate corrective maintenance to reduce downtime.
• Maintain substations through preventive and corrective maintenance to minimize lost time.
• Ensure electrical panel organization and cleaning to safety standards and Food Quality requirements.
• Own power distribution and schedule MCC and transformer PMs.
• Manage panel documentation, breakers, and schematics.
• Install, maintain, and replace automation systems at production points.
• Troubleshoot servos, sensors, and control components.
• Log equipment usage and maintenance to maximize functionality; report automation status to leadership.

Skills

Industrial Electricity

Instrumentation

Programmable controllers

Electrical/electronic training

Job description

Bachoco Group is a leading multiprotein producer and one of the top ten largest globally, with over 38,000 employees. We offer a wide range of products, including chicken, eggs, pork, beef, pet food, and more. Through Bachoco USA, we deliver high-quality chicken products to the U.S. market, serving retail, food service, and national accounts through our fully integrated operations, including farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing plants.

Join us and be part of our success!

Bachoco USA is seeking a Maintenance Automation Technician for our Muldrow, OK location.

Work Schedule: Friday - Tuesday (6:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

Summary:

Preserve, repair and maintain the computer-controlled systems and robotic devices to maximize efficiency. Performs routine diagnostic checks on automated systems, monitor automated systems, isolate problems and perform repairs. Performs service to control systems ranging from electromechanical devices and systems to high-speed robotics and programmable logic controllers(PLCs). These types of systems include robotic assembly devices, conveyors, batch mixers, electrical distribution systems, and building automation systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Check daily the parameters of the critical control points: temperature, weight, amperage and pressure, in order to correct deviations in time and form.
• Execute and coordinate preventive maintenance of electrical, electronic and control equipment, to guarantee the availability and operation of the equipment.
• Coordinate and supervise the implementation of electrical, electronic and control projects carried out by external personnel (contractors), in order to improve facilities and processes. Be the technical resource for Engineering for new projects involving setup, calibration, new technology, and sanitary design.
• Coordinate and execute the corrective maintenance of electrical, electronic and control equipment, in order to reduce wasted time.
• Coordinate and supervise the performance of preventive and corrective maintenance to substations, in order to reduce lost time.
• Comply with all electrical panel organization and cleaning to a personnel and food safety required standard. To comply with requirements established by the Food Quality and Safety System
• Own and understand our power distribution and drive timely execution of MCC and transformer PMs.
• Manage all panel documentation, including breaker labeling and machine schematics at the equipment.
• Install, maintain, and replace automation systems at key points in the production process
• Troubleshoot non-functioning components including servos, sensors, and control components
• Log equipment usage, parts replacement, and scheduled maintenance to ensure maximum functionality
• Periodically report to leadership regarding automation capabilities and status
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Education and/or Experience

• Requires more than 1 year experience on this job or related jobs in the plant or elsewhere.
• Requires 3 years 'experience in Industrial Electricity as well as 3 years combined experience with instrumentation and programmable controllers, and 2 years of electrical/electronic training or apprenticeship.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Relocation Assistance

Yes, this position is eligible for relocation assistance.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.