Control Systems Specialist

Control Systems Specialist, Dec | Primient

Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet.

We’re investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

This position is responsible for field repairs of control devices in production areas of the plant. This role direct reports to and will take daily direction from Area Power & Controls Resource or Plant Coordinator. Primient provides several job specific benefits including tools, uniforms, an annual boot allowance of $200, and Technical Skills trainings.

• Ability to obey all safety rules and identify and correct potential safety problems
• Strong aptitude for Instrumentation knowledge, maintenance and test equipment
• Must be able to use precision-measuring equipment to test instruments for performance during instrument repairs and preventive maintenance
• Follow SOP’s and/or PM task instruction sets
• Electrical & Instrumentation Specific Skills Demonstrated mechanical/electrical knowledge to analyze and solve problems on various process systems & instrumentation
• Demonstrate ability in following areas:
  Use of PLC logic, P& & electrical schematics as a system diagnostic tool
• Configuration and calibration of control system instruments with HART communicator
• Troubleshooting motor control circuits
• Troubleshooting 4-20mA instrument control loops
• Maintenance and calibration of process analyzers including continuous emissions monitors
• Maintain discrete and analog control valves
• Maintain level, pressure, flow, temperature, or analytical transmitters
• Troubleshoot Allen Bradley PLC control systems
• Troubleshoot VFD's & Soft Start motor controllers
• Troubleshoot PLC network communications
• Maintain & troubleshoot various other industrial controls & devices
• Strong Understanding of industrial electrical equipment (motors, starters, motor control circuits, electrical schematics)
• Strong Understanding of industrial process instrumentation (level, pressure, flow, temperature)
• Must be able to interface with a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) record labor, look up spare parts and identify storeroom location
• Ability to provide preventive maintenance to instrumentation, including process analyzers
• Ability to work in a team environment with Primient & contract employees or individually as required
• Communicate and work with other groups (maintenance mechanics & production technicians) as necessary
• Basic Microsoft Office 360 software use

• Ability to lift equipment and tools up to 50 pounds without mechanical assistance
• Use of hand tools above shoulders, under ergonomically stressful conditions, and under application of heavy force by employee
• Work in elevated positions with hand tools and fall restraint equipment
• Ability to wear personnel protective equipment (PPE)
• Must be able to pass pulmonary test that is required prior to wearing breathing air mask
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders (fixed/portable) with tools when safe to do so
• Ability to work from heights, in cold and hot environments
• Climb a vertical…