Controls Specialist Automation Tech; Nights

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Gaffney, SCtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R7301
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** Champion Foods, a pizza trailblazer, is expanding, and we're looking for dynamic talents to enhance our innovative and quality-driven team. We produce products cherished by families nationwide and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to quality, and a warm workplace culture that feels like family. If you're passionate, eager to grow, and want to work for a company that values each voice and champions personal development, your next career adventure starts here.

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** Your Mission:
** The Controls Specialist Automation Technician position provides general controls, programming, instrumentation, electrical, & mechanical support to the manufacturing facility in the areas of manufacturing automation equipment. This position requires competency in the troubleshooting, analysis, and repair of automated mechanical and electrical equipment. The Controls Specialist Automation Technician employs a positive, professional attitude at all times, and communicates effectively in a team environment that includes personnel from engineering, management, maintenance, production, sanitation, quality assurance.
** What You'll Do:
*** Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility. Share knowledge of applicable automation, controls, & PLC concepts/principles to other maintenance personnel.
* Provide troubleshooting and repair of facility electrical equipment that includes single phase AC circuits, three phase AC circuits and DC circuits.
* Execute position requirements with little or no supervision.
* Assist in writing and revising maintenance department standard operating procedures.
* Must have significant experience with process control and power distribution.
* Read and interpret mechanical and electrical manuals/ schematics and P&’S as required.
* Provide operating instructions and/or training of production line manufacturing equipment to other facility associates.
* Perform preventive maintenance tasks as scheduled and report and qualify results.
* Generate various types of reports and documents (i.e. shift summaries, test results, project write –ups, etc.)
* Complete work order tasks as assigned and report results
* Troubleshoot and resolve control system problems associated with hardware and software contained within the facilities PLC, Servo controller, operator interface, and VFD systems.
* Maintain and troubleshoot various types of field instrumentation (i.e. pressure transmitters, RTD’s, load cells, etc.) and their interfaces to the control systems.
* Provide technical assistance to reduce /eliminate issues associated with equipment, performance, quality and safety.
* Provide assistance in determining the specifications and requirements of spare parts under the department’s spare parts program.
* Perform special projects from time to time as assigned by maintenance management in a cost effective and timely manner.
* Inform the appropriate facility personnel of any necessary modifications or system malfunctions that would affect their area of operation.
* Utilize existing and future maintenance management systems effectively.
* Communicate effectively with outside vendors and equipment manufactures.
* Maintain a safe and neat working area in compliance with all OSHA, FDA and Food Plant regulations.
* Maintain a proactive attitude to ensure maximum efficiency and longer run-time of production line manufacturing equipment.
* Ensure that production line equipment is left in a functional state for subsequent shifts.
* Performs work in a safe manner and works within company policies.
* Be proficient with the standard Microsoft office software packages (Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, etc)
* Perform non-technical assignments as requested by management.
* Maintain tools in good working condition and report damaged tools immediately.
* Perform…