Controls Technician

Pacific Coast Producers (PCP), a growing agricultural cooperative with food production facilities across the West Coast, is looking for an experienced and highly skilled Controls Technicianto join our team at the Production Facility located in Woodland, CA. PCP is dedicated to investing in its people and fostering a culture of service, where each employee can do their best to make affordable, high-quality food for customers across North America.

Our Woodland tomato production facility is a leader in the industry, using state-of-the-art technology to produce diced, crushed, stewed tomatoes, sauces, and paste. Our investment in innovation, sustainability, and product quality makes this an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and stable organization.

Pay Rate: $30.00 - $40.00 per hour DOE. This is a full-time, on-site role is based at our Woodland, CA Production Facility and requires occasional weekend and overtime hours as needed. As part of a seniority-based collective bargaining (CBA) unit, this position requires flexibility for various shifts.

Join our legacy of talented people working together to innovate and lead our industry. As a member of PCP, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes top-quality, medical, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, and a retirement savings plan to help secure your future.

The Controls Technician ensures the operation of control equipment within the facility by conducting preventative maintenance, load calculations, basic circuit installations, and electrical system testing and performs the following duties:

Key responsibilities include

• Install, adjust, maintain, troubleshoot, repair and overhaul controls systems, instruments, and related equipment.
• Recognize and correct potential controls system failures.
• Test, time, and calibrate pneumatic and electromechanical components, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), Human Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, printers, level and temperature devices, control valves, chart recorders and similar components, and other devices or technology for efficient performance.
• Read blueprints, charts, sketches, and operating instructions and proceed accordingly.
• Keep maintenance records on controls systems and/or equipment.
• Obtain and maintain an adequate supply of applicable repair parts.
• Responsible for work and layout, requisitioning necessary equipment.
• Conduct load calculations to determine:
  Wire size, conduit size, transformer size and power supply size.
• Basic circuit installations to include: layout conduit, bend conduit, pull wire, land wiring, test and finalize circuit installation.
• Conduct electrical system testing utilizing electrical circuit instrumentation: i.e. multi-meter, amp probe, oscilloscope, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Reliable and able to maintain excellent attendance.
• Significant (5+ years) relevant industrial experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must possess and use personal hand tools.
• Demonstrable experience leading control system installations and upgrades, as well as designing and building control and electrical panels,
• Skilled with creating and understanding applicable diagrams, drawings, and schematics.
• Strong knowledge of PLC, HMI, and associate software suites, e.g. Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Automation Direct, etc.
• Server configuration, development, and administration experience for control data manipulation: e.g. SQL, Java, HTML; along with networking and domain structure administration skills.
• Familiar with NEC and UL Standards, electrical abbreviations, symbols.
• Able to install, program, and troubleshoot VFDs.
• Background in solid state circuitry and devices, high voltage D.C. rectifiers and control circuits.
• Basic hydraulic and pneumatic knowledge and experience.
• AutoCAD experience for creating electrical drawings.

About PCP Summary

Pacific Coast Producers, a cooperative owned by more than 165 family farmers who cultivate and transport diverse produce like tomatoes, peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, and others, was founded in 1971. The company operates processing and packaging facilities in California and Oregon…