Electrical & Instrumental Technician
Employment Type : Full-Time
Job Description:Sunny Delight Beverage Company in Sherman, Texas has an employment opportunity for a highly skilled Electrical, Instrumentation, and Controls (E&I) technician. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced levels of leadership and technical skills with minimal direction. This individual will support and maintain plant electrical, controls and instrumentation systems and will have the ability to operate equipment and machinery safely while meeting all quality and production expectations. The successful candidate will be expected to work on any shift based on the team's shift rotation schedule.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Maintain and troubleshoot plant electrical distribution panels
Install, maintain and troubleshoot all 480vac to 24vdc plant electrical systems and Motor Control Centers
Use E&I, Mechanical and Operational skills to be able to troubleshoot and repair process and packaging equipment (fillers, conveyors, drives, packers, palletizers, etc) as well as operate this equipment.
Troubleshoot and repair PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives and other electronically controlled equipment
Install, setup, calibrate, inspect and troubleshoot process instrumentation equipment
Troubleshoot PLC and HMI (Wonderware and other) programming
Install new equipment and implement engineering changes
Provide on-going support for evolving machine controls needs and provide the daily support required to maintain the manufacturing systems by maintaining, troubleshooting and modifying/editing E&I systems, technologies, and documentation
Electrical training of new E&I Tech's and Plant Technicians
Operate packaging/process systems as needed to support team staffing needs (flow to the work)
Provide leadership to the team/plant for both technical and operational challenges and flows to the work to improve team performance
Develops others on team
Performs necessary steps to ensure Personnel Safety, Quality and Food Safety
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications:QUALIFICATIONS:
REQUIRED Education/Work Experience:
High School Diploma or equivalent
Demonstrated mechanical skills/knowledge
Minimum 2 years work experience in electrical & instrumentation position
Experience using Microsoft Office software
DESIRED Education/Work Experience:
Formal E&I education via trade/vocational school, military or other industrial electrical certification or equivalent work experience a plus
Experience with Power Distribution Systems up to and including 480VAC with working knowledge of the N.E.C. and strong experience with basic electrical tools (Meggers, Amp meters, Volt meters, conduit tools, etc.). Able to read power and controls schematics.
Experienced with integrating electrical, instrumentation and mechanical knowledge into a single troubleshooting system and operating equipment experience
Experience with the Utilities, Process, and Machine Controls systems below or equivalent:
PLC-5, SLC-500, ControlLogix 5000
Communication Networks (DH+, Controlnet, Devicenet, Ethernet)
Experience with Refrigeration/HVAC systems, vision systems, online printing/coding system is a plus
Allen Bradley 1336, SEW drives, Power Flex series motor controls, Pacific Scientific/Krones/Rockwell or other Servo Controls or equivalent
Knowledge of Operator Interface Systems: Wonderware HMI and PanelView HMI or equivalent
Experience with Instrumentation
Experienced in the calibration of flow, pressure, level, and temperature instruments.
Capable of supporting basic board level electronic system repairs (i.e. troubleshoot to the board level and replace boards as necessary)
Experience using Autocad software
Familiar with P&IDs and able to use as tool for troubleshooting
Experience in a flexible, multi-skilled, team based working environment
Food and Beverage or Packaging Industry experience
Comprehensive benefits include:
Medical
Dental/Vision
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Disability (short term/long term)
401K with company match
Note: Benefits start on the first working day for ALL employees
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