Electrical and Instrumentation Tech

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Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Technician 

Sunny Delight Beverages Company in Anaheim, Ca. has an employment opportunity for a highly skilled Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls (EIC) 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. The successful candidate will be expected to work on shift in a 24/5 production environment with some overtime likely.

Principal Responsibilities / Accountabilities: 

-Maintain and troubleshoot plant electrical distribution panels 

-Install, maintain, and troubleshoot all plant electrical systems (voltages ranging from 480vac to 24vdc) and motor control centers 

-Use EI&C, mechanical and operational skills to be able to troubleshoot and repair process and packaging equipment (blend systems, labelers, fillers, conveyors, packers, palletizers, etc) 

-Troubleshoot and repair or replace PLC’s, HMI’s, VFD’s, 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 EIC systems, technologies, and documentation 

-Participate in electrical training of new EIC technicians and operating technicians 

-Provide leadership to the team / plant for both technical and operational challenges and flow to the work to improve team performance 

-Develop others on team 

-Perform necessary steps to ensure personnel safety and food safety and quality 

-Perform other duties as assigned

Salary: $39.10 - $43.45/hr (depending on experience)

Plus: $0.35/hr shift differential for night shift

Schedule: 8 hour shift (Overtime)

**This position may start on a rotating shift and transition into a permanent night role 

Qualifications: 

REQUIRED Education / Work Experience:

-High school diploma or equivalent 

-Minimum 5 years work experience in electrical, controls & instrumentation position 

-Experience using Microsoft Office software 

DESIRED Education / Work Experience: 

-Formal EI&C education via trade / vocational school, military or other industrial electrical certification or equivalent work experience 

-Demonstrated mechanical skills / knowledge a plus 

-Food and beverage or packaging industry 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 

-Experience with integrating electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and operational knowledge as the approach to troubleshooting equipment 

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 systems a plus 

-Allen Bradley PowerFlex VFD’s, SEW drives, B&R, Rockwell or other servo controllers or equivalent 

-Knowledge of operator interface systems such as 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) a plus 

-Familiar with P&IDs and able to use as a tool for troubleshooting 

-Experience in a flexible, multi-skilled, team based working environment

Salary : $39 - $43