Boar's Head

Boar's Head

Technician, Controls

Petersburg, VA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Controls

About the role

  • Provide preventive, corrective, and emergency repair of electronic controls at BHP manufacturing facility to ensure efficient equipment operations and reduce equipment downtime.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support during equipment crisis situations.
  • Provide equipment controls design review to ensure application in food processing environment.
  • Continually develop equipment and process expertise
  • Maintain and train safe work practices

Nice to have

  • Review and suggest performance and improvement ideas with Facilities Manager
  • Maintain required program backups for critical equipment
  • Conduct functional and operational tests to evaluate performance and reliability of critical equipment
  • Diagnose and repair controls and control systems (electro-pneumatic and electro-hydraulic systems)
  • Provide controls diagnostic training to plant electricians and mechanics
  • Work with Operations associates to ensure proper equipment operation
  • Work with Sanitation associates to ensure proper equipment care
  • Full understanding of HMI interface and programming

Company info

  • Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.
  • Job Description:
  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Create and troubleshoot analog I/O (A-D, 4-20 ma, 0-5v., etc.)
  • Perform component replacement and coordinate repairs with mechanical maintenance technicians as necessary
  • Perform work as assigned by Facilities Manager
  • Education and Experience
  • Strong understanding and diagnoses of mechanical machine operation to insure correct control diagnosis can be performed
  • Ability to perform mechanical component replacement and coordinate repairs with mechanical maintenance technicians as necessary
  • Three (3) to Five (5) years' experience in industrial equipment controls
  • Mechatronics training, courses, and experience preferred
  • Meat Processing and Equipment knowledge preferred
  • Strong, committed, and unquestioned record of safe work practices
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Conduct equipment audits to ensure excellent maintenance

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