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Controls Engineer
Summary
Title:Controls Engineer
ID:7375
Department:Maintenance
Location:Corsicana, TX
Classification:N/A
Status:Full-Time
Description

Company Description
Russell Stover Chocolates is a leader in the manufacturer of boxed chocolates.  The company’s three brands – Russell Stover, Whitman’s and Pangburn’s - are sold throughout the United States in company-owned retail stores and 70,000 wholesale accounts. After nearly 100 years in operation the company manufactures approximately 100 million pounds of chocolate candies each year in its proud tradition of being “Made in America” and “Handcrafted in Small Batches”.    

In September 2014, Russell Stover Chocolates was acquired by Lindt and Sprungli, the world leader in premium chocolates.   This was the largest acquisition in the history of Lindt and Sprungli which has operations in over 40 countries across the globe.  Russell Stover Chocolates joins sister companies Lindt USA and Ghirardelli to form a powerful confectionery triad in North America.  

Position Purpose:

The Maintenance Controls Engineer is responsible for maintenance, documentation, troubleshooting of all PLC programs and Industrial controls in the plant.  This position will be a resource for other individuals in the Engineering group in the area of PLC’s and controls.  Training of electrical personnel in all aspects of PLC troubleshooting is required.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:

Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Support

  • Performs and assists in Preventive and Predictive Maintenance functions and repairing of the chocolate manufacturing equipment, electrical controls, electrical equipment and functions in the facility and other related duties.
  • Executes electrical maintenance functions for the facility as well as electrical PM’s; to include updating all existing PM’s and generating new PM’s per equipment as new equipment is installed or upgraded; additionally, work order repairs and improvement project work.
  • Supports the CMMS system for work order generation and support of production equipment.

 

Maintenance and Production Support

  • Supports production and maintenance in troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize efficiency
  • Analyze complex engineering problems and offer effective solutions
  • Develop and troubleshoot PLC, vision systems, and other automated control systems
  • Tests and troubleshoots industrial controls, drives, servos, and a variety of VFDs
  • Focuses on continuous improvements in existing plant software and hardware related issues to minimize downtime on equipment
  • Write robotic programs to ensure operational efficiencies of operating equipment for production
  • Interprets and communicates company policies to workers and enforces all regulations and policies. Continually updates training of maintenance technicians on all electrical equipment and/or procedures

 

Project work

  • Supports Senior Controls Engineer developing and creating electrical specification for new equipment installation
  • Plans, evaluates, organizes, and implements automation-related capital projects and initiatives
  • Supports Senior Controls Engineer to manage obsolescence plan of electrical equipment to minimize risk to the business and executes capital projects to mitigate them

 

 

Industry 4.0 Support & IoT Platform

  • Facilitates Industry 4.0 initiatives maintaining and adding devices to the operations technology infrastructure
  • Continuously observes areas for plant improvements and presents opportunities for digitalization to Digital Operations Manager
  • Supports Digital Operations Manager with Industry 4.0 projects and project supervision tasks as needed

 

Qualifications & Requirements:

Experience:

Required

  • 3-4 years hands on experience designing, programming, documenting, installing, debugging and maintaining PLC based control systems.
  • Experience with Siemens & Allen Bradley PLC systems.
  • Drives experience

 

Skills & Knowledge:

  • Hands on experience installing, debugging and maintaining PLC based control systems.
  • Effective troubleshooting experience.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills concerning PLC functions and integrated controls equipment.
  • Good written and oral communications skills.
  • Computer literacy in MS Office and integrated work order/inventory system.  High level of PC familiarity.
  • Ability to develop and implement process improvement solutions

 

Education:

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Other Requirements

· Willingness to attend specific trainings and educational opportunities as needed

· Flexibility to provide support to all shifts as needed

 

Employment by Lindt & Sprüngli North America is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.This job description is not exhaustive, and the Company reserves the right to adjust the job description as well as ask employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities. Russell Stover Chocolates is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Applicants for this position must successfully pass a background screening and may be required to pass drug screenings.

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