Senior PLC Technician: Controls & Upgrades (Onsite)

Ventura foods; Alabama; On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Profit sharing

Paid vacation

Holidays

Employee events

Assistance programs

Job summary

Ventura Foods seeks an experienced Industrial Controls Technician to install, troubleshoot, program, and maintain PLC-based systems and control equipment across plant operations. You will work onsite, applying ladder logic, AutoCAD designs, and power-distribution knowledge to keep production flowing.

The role requires an associate degree in electronic or electrical technology and at least 5 years of journey-level electrical and mechanical maintenance experience, with project management exposure.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in electronic or electrical technology.
• 5 years progressively responsible journey level experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance of industrial equipment and machinery to including PLC based systems, servo motors, and drives.
• Project management experience.
• AutoCad experience.

Responsibilities

• Programs, troubleshoots, and maintains PLC's with a lap top computer using platform systems by vendors such as Allen Bradley, Semiens, Rexroth, etc.
• Assists in project management and implementation of new control systems, control system upgrades, equipment, and equipment upgrades
• Replaces faulty switches, and other elements of electrical and mechanical systems. Dismantles electrical machinery and replaces defective electrical or mechanical parts such as gears, brushes, and armatures.
• Installs, repairs, overhauls, modifies and maintains electrical and mechanical systems, equipment, and machinery.
• Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electrical, electronic, and mechanical components throughout the Plant.
• Maintains Plant power distribution systems, including performing preventive maintenance, and installing wiring, conduit and apparatus.

Skills

Ladder Logic

PLC Programming

Electrical Maintenance

AutoCAD

Troubleshooting

Education

Associates degree in electronic or electrical technology

5 years journey level experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance

Project management experience

AutoCAD experience

Tools

Allen Bradley

Siemens

Rexroth

Job description

Ventura Foods seeks an experienced Industrial Controls Technician to install, troubleshoot, program, and maintain PLC-based systems and control equipment across plant operations. You will work onsite, applying ladder logic, AutoCAD designs, and power-distribution knowledge to keep production flowing.

The role requires an associate degree in electronic or electrical technology and at least 5 years of journey-level electrical and mechanical maintenance experience, with project management exposure.