PLC Maintenance Technician III - Manufacturing

Description

Looking for a job that can grow into a lifelong career?
At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you’re just starting out or bringing years of experience, we’ll provide the tools and support you need to succeed.

Lactalis is the world leader in dairy—a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Every day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day.

In the US, we offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with sour cream and a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We’re building a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us make an impact. 

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis US Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a PLC Controls Technician based in Casa Grande, Arizona. 

The PLC Controls Technician is responsible for installing, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing in processing, packaging, and distribution systems through a broad knowledge base of manufacturing skills in electrical, controls, PLC, and mechanical disciplines involving work of a varied nature with minimum supervision, resulting in efficient and reliable operation of plant facilities. This is an entry level position with an hourly rate starting at $36.50 plus shift differentials. 

• 401K match up to 7% annually.
• Referral bonus programs ($750-1500)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision
• FSA & HSA programs
• Education Assistance Program
• Paid time off includes 7 core holidays, 2 floating holidays, 2 volunteer days, and prorated vacation time up to 15 days
• Premium pay (overtime) when working on Sundays and core holidays
• And much more

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Responsible for all aspects of food safety and quality as defined in plant and department procedures. 
• Responsible for their own safety and the safety of others around them.
• Troubleshoot control system circuitry and hardware including PLCs, IO modules and Variable Frequency Drives to return to as-built state.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve communications issues on various control system IO networks including DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet /IP and AS-i systems. 
• Basic HMI modifications. 
• Identify root cause & resolution to basic program logic sequencing issues.
• Identify missing permissive conditions and alarms within logic programming and provide meaningful information towards resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to work with high voltage equipment. This will include troubleshooting and understanding electrical prints.
• Complete routine paperwork such as filling out PM work orders, recording inspection results, logging emergency work orders, recording parts used from inventory and recording necessary readings on log sheets in an accurate and timely manner.
• Demonstrate a professional proactive approach to work by identifying areas for improvement and initiating actions to strengthen efficiencies and overall production operations.
• Regular attendance of in-house and external training to keep skills and knowledge up-to-date.
• Work in a safe and professional manner demonstrating positive attitude and professional demeanor in the performance of daily work.
• Demonstrate a professional proactive approach to work by identifying areas for improvement and initiating actions to strengthen efficiency and overall production operations.
• Flexibility in an ever-changing environment.
• Daily troubleshooting of automation, electrical, and mechanical calls on the production floor while juggling daily scheduled workload. 
• Perform routine inspections of operating equipment and initiate preventative maintena