Description

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From your PASSION to ours

The PLC Process Control Programmer/Analyst E-tech position will be responsible for the development, management, and enhancement of PLC’s. This also includes working with contractors on large projects, providing training to other Technicians or supervisors, and being on call during weekends and nights. Assist with the design, program, and management of HMI’s as well as any other duties as needed.

Requirements

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Program, troubleshoot and repair the following PLCs: Allen Bradley Micrologix, CompactLogix, ControlLogix, Siemens (S7-300) line, Omron.
• Program, troubleshoot and repair the following Motor Control: Allen Bradley PowerFlex 5,500 and 700 lines of VFDs, Schneider/Telemecanique Altivar VFDs, SEW Eurodrive, Danfoss, and ELAU Pacdrive.
• Program, troubleshoot and repair the following Robotics: cutting, stirring, etc. and Fanuc pick and place arms.
• Program, troubleshoot and repair HMI PC’s, write modify PLC program logic as required, and troubleshoot or repair peripheral devices, temperature, pH, flow, conductivity controllers, VFD’s as needed.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education & Experience

• Minimum three years modifying, specifying, designing and implementing automated control systems.
• Minimum two years programming, debugging and troubleshooting automated control system and their related components.
• Background in Allen Bradley PLC programming: RSLogix500, RSlogix5000, RSNetWorx
• Background in Allen Bradley HMI programming: Factory TalkME, Factory TalkSE, RSView32, PanelBuilder32 
• Familiarity with DeviceNet, ControllNet and Ethernet (networking).
• Familiarity with Process Control, Sensors, Transducers and VFD’s.
• Comfortable working in the plant on devices and in electrical panels.
• Must be available for after hour and weekend coverage. (On-Call coverage is 2 weeks every 6weeks)
• Actively participate in any new equipment related to automation and integration
• Ongoing training as needed to stay current with new technology
• Preferred knowledge PLC’s

Specialized Knowledge & Skills 

• Ignition Historian
• SQL Database management
• VMware & vSphere

PLCs:

• Allen Bradley Micrologix, CompactLogix and ControlLogix lines
• Siemens Standard (S7-300) line
• Omron NJ501 line
• Motor Control:
• Allen Bradley PowerFlex 750, 500 and 700 lines of VFDs
• VFDs
• SEW Eurodrive
• Danfoss

Robotics:

• Fanuc pick & place arms
• Program, troubleshoot and repair HMI PC’s in the facility.
• Write or modify PLC program logic as required.
• Troubleshoot and repair peripheral devices, temperature, pH, flow, conductivity controllers, VFD’s as needed.