3rd Shift Maintenance & Controls Technician

3rd Shift Maintenance & Controls Technician

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe.

We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra‑creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.

Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.

Louisville, KY

The Maintenance Instrument Control Technician (MICT) is involved with the successful daily operation of vegetable oil processing/packaging facility, and the modification, maintenance and alteration of the plant automated controls and power systems (to 480

VAC) to accommodate business needs and increase plant availability. This requires close collaboration with other employees, the Instrument Controls Engineer and the Maintenance& Reliability Manager to assure safe work and to set or re‑set job priorities. There are no formal reports for this position with the exception of work order system updates, documentation as required to document changes in plant physical or logic changes and documentation to meet our goals of safetyfirst, quality work and compliance with our customers’ requirements and concerns.

When not handling Instrument Controls duties this position will continue to provide successful daily maintenance of the oil refining and packaging facility. It is the function of this position to preserve assets so that they can safely and economically continue to provide benefit to the organization. The maintenance technician will work continuously to improve maintenance service and assist in the continuous improvement of all processes within the organization.

The Maintenance position is responsible for correcting any minor issues to any piece of equipment on the K1 and K2 premises. There is preventative maintenance they must perform, as well as administrative duties with paperwork and work orders.

• Lead the safety effort by personal example.
• Support full plant wide compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encourage reporting and correcting near misses.
• Support 0 contractor accidents during major construction or anytime maintenance contractors are on site.
• Identify high‑risk safety/productivity issues and help remedy them.
• Adhere to SOPs and other work procedures as required to assure product quality and consistency to our customers.

• Required to work 12‑hour rotating night shifts and weekends 7pm-7am.
• Install, maintain, and troubleshoot all types of factory instruments including, but not limited to temperature, pH, pressure, PLCs, wiring and flow field devices from the field indicators to PLC interface.
• Basic understanding of programming Diagnosis, repair and program PLC logic for troubleshooting, process changes, and improvements.
• Install, maintain, and troubleshoot single and three phase industrial motors, VFD’s, electrical distribution and protection circuits up to 480
  
  VAC.
• Document all work using CDs, P&IDs, logicprints.
• Analyze conditions and provide solutions:
  Identifying and examining production equipment failures to understand root cause analysis, with the help of interpreting schematics and drawings. Investigating and repairing electrical & mechanical systems such as: pneumatics, hydraulics, DC circuits, drives and conveyors.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Making electrical improvements that impact results for the operating lines.
• Preventative Maintenance:
  Completing assigned preventative maintenance on your shift.
• Collaborate and Engage:
  Working with various departments across your assigned location at the site, including operations and support resources to deliver results meet business needs.
• Execute, install, maintain, troubleshoot and routine preventative maintenance of all packaging equipment, conveyor systems, steam and condensate systems, pumps and piping systems,…