Instrumentation & Control Technician

City Brewing Co•Memphis, TN

About The Position

City Brewing Company – Who We Are With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of alcoholic beverages with four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow. Job Summary City Brewery's ideal candidate for this role is a self-starter with effective communication and leadership skills who is looking to being a key part of the facility's engineering team in ensuring efficient and safe equipment operations while also resolving issue that could arise during shifts. The candidate has at least five years of experience with the following skills: install, configure, program, test, and repair programmable logic equipment and associated peripherals i.e. any input/output module and associated field devices both discreet and analog, A.C./D.C. drive, electrical servo, man machine interface, programming terminal, or communications gateway using hand tools and test instruments including personal computers and laptops, oscilloscopes, ammeters, voltmeters, calibration equipment and soldering equipment for the purpose of automated machine control and data processing.

Requirements

Possess an Associates degree in electrical/electronics technology and a minimum of 5 years related experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of such experience and education
Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Able to calculate figures and amounts such as feet/minute(second), counts/engineering unit, rate of change, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Able to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Responsibilities

Make changes to existing control logic and operator interface programs
Assist the Sr. Controls Engineer Supervisor in implementing new control systems
Install and configure programming terminals
Maintain data structure of the terminals used to monitor PLC programs and operate the machinery
Install, test and repair electrical controls components
Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and apply knowledge of functional operation of machinery and electrical control units and systems
Assist maintenance in identifying defective components and wiring and adjusting mechanical parts
Align, adjust and calibrate control components
Maintain records of repairs, calibrations and tests
Perform programming and troubleshooting of PLC controllers
Read schematics and OEM specifications in order to program, configure and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment
Develop a thorough knowledge of Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Automation hardware and software