E&I Technician

A Typical Day

The E&I Mechanic is responsible for electrical repair and upkeep of all plant electrical equipment, processes and Facilities in the areas of the cheese plants, milk receiving, whey plants, water treatment, and permeate plant. Repair, calibrate, troubleshoot and maintain all plant control systems and electronic peripheral devices of Hilmar Cheese Company.

Job Responsibilities

• Basic understanding of ladder logic and programming fundamentals. 
• Ongoing support of Operations and Maintenance Teams for their specific Control Systems, service needs. 
• Maintain documentation for all Control Systems and electrical schematics for Production Plants. 
• Assist engineering/maintenance in project checkouts during commissioning of new equipment.
• Knowledge of single loop control instruments. 
• Basic Knowledge of networking 
• Ability to troubleshoot ethernet cabling and switches
• Assist in repair and calibration of all peripheral electrical and electronic equipment to include thermal, ink jet, and direct thermal printers, motion and static scales in all plants to maximize effectiveness and quality of repaired equipment. 
• Assist in calibration of all instruments, including flow, temperature, pressure, metal detection and analytical document calibration data. 
• Troubleshooting of all PLC and control issues.   
• Understanding of AC and DC variable speed drives. 
• Able to troubleshoot and repair 480/277v, 240/120v, and 24v circuits.
• Device net experience (Dalhart site)
• Basic understanding of networks. Able to troubleshoot cabling and switches.
• Communicate in a team environment. 
• Properly prioritize issues and take personal accountability to make sure all repairs fit the core value of “excellence” 
• Achieve common business goals through cooperative alignment with all departments.
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.  
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. 
• Hold self and others accountable to HCC’s food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates. 
• Participate in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.  
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety-first approach at all times. 
• Report any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.  
• Participate in departmental safety teams.
• May be required to participate in ERT and Hazmat teams.
• Maintain a positive attitude and promote company culture. 
• Must be proficient in verbal and written communication with different levels of the organization, including email.
   

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write, and speak English
• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• 1-year industrial maintenance experience
• Working knowledge of E&I instruments, i.e. heart, fluke, megger, hy-pot etc…
• Ability to read one-line drawings
   

What Will Put You Ahead

• Demonstrates proficiency on position specific maintenance skills requirement forms
• SAP knowledge 
• Industrial maintenance experience  
• AA degree in related field 
• Programing knowledge 
• Computer Proficient

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 will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within the cheese plant.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.

 
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 frequently exposed to the following: 

• Exposure to dust, fumes, smoke, gases, or other irritating substances.
• Exposure to solvents or chemicals.
• Exposure to slippery walking surfaces: water.
• Exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity depending on time of year.

Working surface is primarily concrete. Where standing is required, there are rubber mats which are one-half inch thick.