Sr. Automation & Controls Technician

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 155744 - Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

 

Pay Rate: $38/ hour USD 
Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States

Join a great opportunity to be part of a brand new, highly automated facility for Hill's Pet Nutrition! We invite you to apply for our  position at our Tonganoxie, Kansas manufacturing facility. 

 

What we offer:

• $38/hr rate.
• Merit increase every year based on performance
• Advancement Opportunities 
• Shift schedules with overtime available
• $1 shift differential for off shifts
• Outstanding Culture & work environment at a climate controlled facility
• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for employee & eligible dependents - Start on Day 1
• Basic Life Insurance for you and eligible dependents at NO Cost
• 15 Days of Paid Vacation
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Saving & Investment Plan with Company Match
• Tuition Assistance - up to $10,000 per year
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to discounted Company products
• Non-smoking facility

 

The Sr. Automation & Controls Specialist for the Tonganoxie Manufacturing facility is accountable for on-shift support and maintenance of the electrical, controls and plant floor systems for the Hill's Tonganoxie Plant.

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain and troubleshoot Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) including Allen Bradley ControlLogix and GuardLogix, Wonderware based Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) or Panelview.
• Maintain and troubleshoot plant floor electrical, control and pneumatics components including: vision systems, industrial and collaborative robots, valves, motors, loop controllers, solenoids, control system I/O (Flex IO and Point IO), measurement and instrumentation systems (flow meters, load cells, photo electrics, level probes, metal detectors, container fill detectors, touch screen monitors, computer equipment and peripherals and container vacuum detection).
• Function as a technical resource and shift solving resource for operations, maintenance and engineering (requires climbing, bending and crawling)
• Conduct training (written material, using digital flows tools and audiovisual content) for controls and electrical related systems for maintenance and operations personnel.
• Provide extensive reporting and communication of problems and steps taken. 
• Perform basic network diagnostics (mostly Ethernet and Ethernet/IP).
• Follow backup procedures (controllers, panels, programmable switches, etc.).
• Document changes made to software and hardware (electrical and Process & Instrumentation prints).
• Be accountable for meeting or exceeding safety standards according to the published Hill's Safety Policy.
• Support, fix and perform improvement configurations to the AGV and AMR fleet.
• Power up electrical systems and configure hardware per application specifications 
• Complete continuous improvement related projects as assigned

Education / Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent  
• 5 years of plant technical experience 
• 2 year technical degree in a related field
   

Areas of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Appetite for learning
• Ability to access input and retrieve information from a computer - Microsoft Word, Excel, Google tools, email.
• Ability to read and use electrical schematics.
• Know, understand, and interpret NEC regulatory requirements.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical circuits (3 phase 480 VAC, 120 VAC, 24VAC and VDC control circuits).
• Ability to troubleshoot and program PLC's utilizing ladder logic programming. Familiar with Sequencer programming and AOI blocks.