Instrument Controls Technician; Nights – Rotating Weekends

Instrument Controls Technician (12 Hour Nights – Rotating Weekends)

Webster, New York, United States

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Shift schedule:

12 Hour Nights: This is a night shift position, with hours from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. The role follows a rotating 2-2-3 schedule: two days on, two days off, three days on, followed by two days off. Team members will work every other weekend, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Shift Differential of $2 per hour for night shift.

Job purpose: The maintenance staff is tasked with the upkeep of buildings and grounds, as well as upkeep of machinery and processing equipment needed to operate and maintain the facility. The Plant Instrument Controls Technician (ICT) will report to the Maintenance Manager and will be maintaining all plant inspection, instrument, electrical, and controls systems and assets. ICTs will be members of the shift Maintenance teams and responsible for completing both planned and unplanned work in accordance with included instructions as well as any applicable rules and regulations.

Responsibilities:

The Plant ICT (Instrument Controls Technician) will be responsible for the following:

• Perform routine and specialized duties in the repair and maintenance and updating of instruments, controls and process control network systems involved throughout the entire manufacturing process.
• Work as part of a team to plan, analyze and control the quality of processes.
• Inspect, repair, and adjust Programmable Logic Controls (PLC), and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and related equipment using electrical test equipment, circuit diagrams, schematics, and blueprints.
• Install or Replace Instrumentation Device, such as, Flow Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Pressure sensor and many others. This may include programming the device or downloading Parameters to the device.
• Install or Replace Control Systems that fail to operate. They must continuously monitor all operation processes so that a malfunction is immediately recognized and corrected.
• Install or Replace PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, Servo Drives. This may include programming the device or downloading Parameters to the device.
• Continually improve process control systems through Advanced Process Control, Alarm Management, and Operator Interface Optimization.
• Plant liaison for new system start up and commissioning by all outside controls contractors and system integrators to ensure proper transfer of documented PLC program changes and adequate training on the installation/changes that have been completed.
• Responsible for integration of PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, Servo Drives, and process controls.
• Responsible for the training of end users on the operations of newly installed or modified process control systems.
• Provide technical training to lower-level personnel.
• The ICT will work in all areas of the facility including the Packaging Department, the Processing Department, and the Facilities/Utilities Department.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills/qualifications required:

• Minimum of three (3) years maintenance experience in Industrial Control System development and troubleshooting.
• Must have proven experience with the following PLCs:
  Allen Bradley Micrologix or Micro
  800, Compact Logix & Control Logix and Siemens Step 7 PLCs.
• Must have proven experience with the following HMI or SCADA programming and configuration.
• Experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens VFDs and Servo Drives.
• Must have proven experience with Ether Net/IP, Profi Net, Profi Bus, and ASi Industrial Networks.
• Strong PLC skills…