Control Systems Technician at Community Coffee Company, L.L.C. in Port Allen, Louisiana

Job Description:

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Department: Manufacturing Maintenance

Reports To: Maintenance Supervisor

Travel Required: 5%

Workplace Type: On-site

Why Join Community Coffee?

Community Coffee Company is the #1 family-owned and operated retail coffee brand in America. Rooted in family and tradition, yet always looking to the future, you can expect a fast-paced environment that is both challenging and rewarding. Join us and make your passion your profession!

Position Overview

Multi-craft role that installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs manufacturing equipment and associated control systems. This equipment consists of motors, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, conveyor systems, and associated control systems (e.g. electronic sensors, PLCs, HMIs). Evaluates and support plant-wide electrical, control and automation systems. This position will also design and implement improvements to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve reliability.

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities

• Develop, modify and program a wide variety of PLC's and panel views (design & implementation of improvements to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve reliability).
• Interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, blueprints and layouts.
• Troubleshoot electrical wiring, relay logic, control and safety circuits.
• Troubleshoot PLC's, touchscreens, displays, contactors and motors.
• Train mechanics on equipment, procedures and troubleshooting practices.
• Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repair or replace defective parts. Install special functional and structural parts in devices. Lubricate and clean parts.
• Start devices to test their performance.
• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility's equipment to maximize machine reliability.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform technician skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Complete acceptance testing, start-up and commissioning.
• Identify projects, including but not limited to upgrades or enhancements to control or automation systems.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining project documentation - manuals, Theory of Operations, drawing.
• Ensure compliance with environmental procedure and all national, state and local safety regulations and recommendations.
• Required to communicate (both written and oral form) and work with various operational, environmental, maintenance and engineering levels in a team environment, as well as accomplish individual goals.
• Lead and participates continuous improvement efforts to raise manufacturing performance in order to meet and exceed critical Plant Safety, Quality, Service, and Cost KPI's.
• May be asked to perform additional duties as necessary

Position Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field preferred.
• 5 years of related experience required
  
  
  • Experience with Community Coffee, even if unrelated, may fulfill this requirement at the discretion of the hiring manager with approval from Human Resources.

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  • Full knowledge of Allen Bradley controllers and programming software
  • Understands electrical, mechanical, fluid power and control systems
  • Experienced with advanced PLC, and/or robotics
  • Knowledge of devicenet, Ethernet, DH+, Modbus and RS232
  • Knowledge of RSLogix, ControlLogix, CompacLogix and MicroLogix
  • Factory view software
  • Strong electrical background, knowledge of servos and VFD's
  • Experience in installing wiring and conduit

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do the following:

• Frequently required to sit
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Plant environment: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment frequently exceeds 85dB.

Our Values

Champion People Welcome Individuality, Learn Together, Encourage Each Other

Inspire Creativity Dream big, Think Fresh, Make It Happen

Wow Our Customers Serve with Purpose, Exceed Expectations, Do What's Right

Serve Our Communities Be Genuine, Bring Joy, Make a Difference

Win TogetherBe Brave, Have Fun, Celebrate

Community Coffee Company offers a competitive salary and benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), short- and long-term disability, paid time off and employee assistance program.

Community Coffee Company and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, genetic information, uniformed service, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Community Coffee Company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested. When completing this application, you may exclude information that would disclose or otherwise reference your race, religion, age, sex, genetic, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by federal or state law. Community Coffee Company will also provide reasonable accommodations to allow an employee to perform the essential functions of a position, as required by applicable law. This application is considered current for sixty (60) days only. At the end of this period, if you are still interested in employment, it will be necessary for you to reapply by completing a new application.

Other details

• Job Family Manufacturing
• Job Function Manufacturing
• Pay Type Salary
• Required Education High School

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• Port Allen, LA 70767, USA

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