Instrumentation & Control Technician

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of alcoholic beverages with four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow.

Job Summary

City Brewery's ideal candidate for this role is a self-starter with effective communication and leadership skills who is looking to being a key part of the facility's engineering team in ensuring efficient and safe equipment operations while also resolving issue that could arise during shifts. The candidate has at least five years of experience with the following skills: install, configure, program, test, and repair programmable logic equipment and associated peripherals i.e. any input/output module and associated field devices both discreet and analog, A.C./D.C. drive, electrical servo, man machine interface, programming terminal, or communications gateway using hand tools and test instruments including personal computers and laptops, oscilloscopes, ammeters, voltmeters, calibration equipment and soldering equipment for the purpose of automated machine control and data processing.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Make changes to existing control logic and operator interface programs
• Assist the Sr. Controls Engineer Supervisor in implementing new control systems
• Install and configure programming terminals
• Maintain data structure of the terminals used to monitor PLC programs and operate the machinery
• Install, test and repair electrical controls components
• Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and apply knowledge of functional operation of machinery and electrical control units and systems
• Assist maintenance in identifying defective components and wiring and adjusting mechanical parts
• Align, adjust and calibrate control components
• Maintain records of repairs, calibrations and tests
• Perform programming and troubleshooting of PLC controllers
• Read schematics and OEM specifications in order to program, configure and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment
• Develop a thorough knowledge of Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Automation hardware and software

Minimum Qualifications

• Possess an Associates degree in electrical/electronics technology and a minimum of 5 years related experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of such experience and education
• Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as feet/minute(second), counts/engineering unit, rate of change, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Able to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision requirements in close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.