Controls Technician- Manufacturing

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Controls Technicians work closely with Operations, Quality Control, and Maintenance team members to troubleshoot and support industrial control systems, as per guidance and direction from the Solution Architects. Systems Analysts perform inspections and preventive maintenance on electrical, controls, and networking equipment and components. Systems Analysts collaborate with team members to ensure technical requirements adhere to the guidelines and standards defined by Solution Architects.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

●      Supports the manufacturing lines using analytical problem-solving methods to troubleshoot electrical components, automation equipment, PLCs, motion controls, vision systems, and robotics.

●      Works with hand tools, multi-meters, and testing equipment to diagnose electrical systems ranging from 24VDC to 480VAC.

●      Repairs, replaces, installs, and commissions automation components, including cables and connectors, sensors, VFD, and servo drives, and other electro-mechanical related devices.

●      Performs tests and calibrations of process control instrumentation.

●      Performs inspections and preventive maintenance on electrical, controls, and networking equipment and components.

●      Reads and interprets PLC and HMI code to assist the maintenance team in diagnosis of line down situations and/or fault conditions.

●      Supports installation and startup of new equipment.

●      Collaborates with technical and non-technical teams to define, design, test, and implement specific functional requirements of the system, as specified by the Product Owner and technology stakeholders (e.g., Solution Architects, Platform Engineers).

●      Works closely with Operations, Quality Control, and Maintenance team members by providing industrial control systems troubleshooting and support.

●      Defines detailed technical requirement documentation aligned to the blueprints and technical designs prepared by Solution Architects.

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