Sr. Controls Specialist

Company Introduction:

Over 90 years of quality products and superior service.

Job Summary:

Senior Controls Specialist who will be responsible for electrical safety and training, serve as a highly skilled, hands-on troubleshooter whose primary objective is maintaining plant uptime, and whose secondary objective is increasing efficiency, and act as a technical indirect leader and mentor for other instrumentation and electrical personnel. This position will primarily be onsite at our Ione location but will occasionally provide remote support or on-site support for another smaller site, Panamint Valley Limestone (PVL). This position is expected to be available for remote support during unscheduled (non-working) hours when maintenance and electrical personnel are unable to get the plant running. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is technically curious and demonstrates superior written and verbal communication skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES  

Level Based Competencies

• Adaptability

• Technical/Professional Knowledge & Skills

• Safety Focus

• Stress Tolerance

• Decision Making 

• Communication

• Managing Relationships

• Planning and Organizing

• Continuous Improvement

• Execution

• Work Standards

Technical knowledge/skills

• Perform analysis, detailed design (including documentation), capital request preparation, installation, start-up/checkout/debugging, and cost control of assigned projects. 

• Provide technical expertise in support of capital projects, process evaluation, and equipment modification.   

• Participate in process improvement efforts in support of plant goals. 

• Monitor plant systems, analyze performance, and initiate action for optimization to achieve plant goals for safety, productivity, and cost effectiveness.  

• Install switches, and perform maintenance on the network as needed, requiring familiarity with industrial networking concepts.

• Explicitly incorporate stringent electrical safety standards into daily work and system design.

• Maintain and support the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) environment, including, but not limited to, PLC programming, Human-Machine Interface (HMI) configuration and programming, and logic maintenance.

• Manage records regarding all system software changes and communicate any changes to affected employees. 

• Manage contractors and maintenance staff during project installations. 

• Create electrical training programs for electrical, instrument, and mechanical teams to stay abreast of federal, state and local regulations. 

• Partner with Plant Mgmt to develop the five-year capital planning and the annual electrical operating budget. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience·

An Associate's degree coupled with 5+ years of demonstrated experience in an industrial continuous process atmosphere.  

Demonstrated process control experience in defining, designing, installing and maintaining control logic systems and equipment. 

Willingness to assume roles of team leader and team member when necessary. 

Advanced demonstrated communication skills. 

Preferred Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree coupled with 5+ years of demonstrated experience in an industrial continuous process atmosphere. 

Dimensions

No. of direct reports: 0

No. of indirect reports:  0

Budget Responsibility: 

Travel Requirements:  Up to 20% Domestic Travel

Working Conditions: Work in a heavy industrial environment (Hot, cold, dusty, dirty), requiring frequent hands-on troubleshooting and physical tasks.

Physical Requirements: Must be able to bend, stoop, climb ladde