Automation Technician - 2nd Shift - Military veterans preferred

2025-03-05
Wayne Sanderson Farms
Other

/yr

  full-time   employee   contract


Decatur
Alabama
United States

6:00PM-7:00AM

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Primarily responsible for the installation, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing of electrical instrumentation and control systems. Performs all work in compliance with company policies, NCC Animal Welfare Guidelines, and local, state, and federal policies, laws, and regulations.
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Under minimal supervision, install, test, and repair electrical instrumentation and control systems
Read and interpret repair manuals, diagrams, and schematics for the safe installation and repair of electrical instrumentation and control systems
Accurately complete required documentation and record in a timely manner
Identify unsafe conditions through an understanding of relevant occupational hazards and safety precautions; test and correct or report to appropriate personnel if unable to correct on own
All other duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Associate degree in industrial Control Systems or a related field from an accredited institution

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Minimum 5 yearsā€™ repair and installation experience in varied industrial electrical instrumentation and control systems; experience in PLCs and computer-based HMIs
Knowledge of national electric code, operation, assembly, installation, and diagnosis of industrial instrumentation and control systems
Understands and uses hand tools to install and repair industrial instrumentation control systems
Intermediate math and computer skills
Ability to work unsupervised and self-motivated
Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and extended shift hours
Sound work ethic, honesty, and moral character

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:
Follow departmental and company safety policies and programs
Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times in areas where required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Frequently lifts up to 50 lbs
Frequently lifts overhead
Walks in an outside environment (including inclement weather conditions) on a daily basis, ranging from one to several miles per day
Works in an environment with strong, foul odorsĀ 
Frequently uses visual skills to inspect birds, production charts and scales
Must use smelling senses to distinguish irregular odors
Frequently enters confined space areas
Frequently exposed to heat (incubators are 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit)
Frequently reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling and crawling]]>