Controls Technical Specialist

Job Description

Our Nestlé Purina factory in Dunkirk is strategically located along Lake Erie’s Historic Chadwick Bay Harbor, which is situated 50 miles southwest of Buffalo, New York. With miles of Great Lakes waterfront and beaches, ski resorts, vineyards and boutique wineries, our associates are proud to call Dunkirk a hidden gem. Since its opening in 1971, various expansions to the processing and warehousing towers have taken place to accommodate increasing production of great brands like Pro Plan®, Beggin®, T-Bonz®, and Busy®. In 2016, the facility accomplished “Zero Waste to Landfill” status meaning all discarded materials are directed to destinations that specialize in recovering the ecological and/or economic value of the material. As a part of Nestlé sustainability efforts, we’ve also decreased our water usage by 20% since 2012 and power our production using 65% renewable energy, a number that continues to increase.

As a Controls Tech Specialist, you will be responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and enhancing the accuracy, reliability and system control’s data credibility of PLC and PC-based automation systems. In this role, you will oversee PLC upgrades and wiring modifications on production equipment and work directly with our maintenance team to troubleshoot and support production line modifications.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Configure, program, and troubleshoot Programmable Logic Controls (PLC)
• Perform preventive maintenance for controls and organize electrical/control parts inventory
• Provide programming and electrical support on plant capital projects
• Implement control systems software upgrade
• Provides instrumentation, PLC and HMI/SCADA software and hardware support to plant maintenance staff
  

Basic Qualifications

• Two-year technical degree OR related military certification
• 1+ years of applicable experience in PLC software and hardware troubleshooting and/or PC-based HMI-systems

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