Process Maintenance Electrician

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Process Maintenance Electrician

Mesquite Mine

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Mesquite — Equinox Gold's first‑ever operating mine and a proud cornerstone of our story since 2018. Nestled in the sunny desert of Imperial County, California, this open‑pit gold mine has been running strong since 1986 and has produced over five million ounces of gold and counting. With production expected to continue for years to come, Mesquite offers the stability of a proven operation alongside real opportunities to grow, learn, and make your mark.

Equinox Gold is a growth‑focused gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, operating a diversified portfolio of high‑quality, long‑life mines in Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua and United States. Guided by our core values of integrity
, excellence
, accountability
, and teamwork
, we foster a safe, inclusive, and rewarding workplace where a talented, experienced team works together to deliver reliable operations, responsible mining, and long‑term value to its shareholders and host communities.

The Process Controls & PLC Technician is a highly skilled electrical, instrumentation, and controls technician responsible for troubleshooting, programming, maintenance, modification, and optimization of PLC‑based industrial control systems supporting Process operations.

The position requires strong experience with Allen‑Bradley PLC systems and Studio 5000 Logix Designer (formerly RSLogix 5000), including troubleshooting and modifying PLC programs, integrating new equipment and instrumentation, configuring I/O and tags, supporting HMI/operator interface changes, and establishing process and equipment trending points.

The PLC Technician works closely with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering to troubleshoot equipment and process problems, perform root‑cause analysis, implement approved control‑system improvements, and improve equipment reliability and process performance.

While PLC and controls work is the primary focus, the employee must maintain the electrical and instrumentation skills necessary to perform Process Maintenance Electrician duties as needed, including troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and maintaining industrial electrical equipment, instrumentation, motors, motor controls, VFDs, and related systems.

• Attends lineout and safety meeting.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, program, and modify Allen‑Bradley PLC systems using Studio 5000 Logix Designer, including ladder logic, tags, alarms, permissives, interlocks, timers, counters, and equipment‑control sequences.
• Diagnose PLC, I/O, instrumentation, communication, electrical, and process‑control problems and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Integrate new equipment, instrumentation, and field devices into existing PLC‑controlled systems, including I/O configuration, programming, communications, controls, alarms, and equipment status.
• Add or modify equipment on existing HMI/operator interface pages and process displays, including controls, indications, alarms, setpoints, permissives, and process information.
• Create and configure PLC tags and measurement points for equipment and process trending, including pressure, flow, level, temperature, vibration, speed, motor current, equipment status, run time, and other operating parameters.
• Utilize PLC diagnostics and process trends to support troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, predictive maintenance, reliability improvement, and process optimization.
• Troubleshoot digital and analog I/O, sensors, transmitters, relays, solenoids, instrumentation, motor controls, VFDs, industrial communications, and other PLC‑connected devices.
• Perform functional testing and commissioning following programming changes, equipment…