Automation Controls Specialist

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South St. Paul, MN, USA
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Agriculture • Renewable Energy
The Role

Your professional transformation starts here

Do you enjoy solving technical challenges every day, especially when it comes to building a greener future? Is your independence a priority? Looking for an employer who believes in supporting your professional development?

This job is for you!

Sanimax is looking to hire an Automation Controls Specialist in our South St Paul location. Starting salary is $85,114 plus

Job Duties:

  • Monitoring, diagnosing and executing preventive maintenance of the control networks and automation systems.
  • Propose and carry out continuous improvement solutions at the level of automation and control processes.
  • Perform various backups of programs, drawings, and electrical plans.
  • Participate with the automation and control team in capitalizable projects.
  • Perform various modifications and document changes of the automation systems.
  • Works with instrumentation tools in industrial automation, computer-controlled processes (PLC programming) and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) (used for operators to enter commands to the computer-controlled process).
  • Provide maintenance on instrumentation such as Pressure sensors; Temperature sensors; Flow sensors; Level sensors; etc. This work also includes programming the computer-controlled process to read from said sensors.
  • Understand, maintain, and troubleshoot material handling control systems, including PLC/PC controllers and industrial networks such as Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, motor control systems, service drives, and electrical distribution systems.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Must have a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Instrumentation, Automation and Control, Electrical, or related field and at least 6 months of experience as an Electrical Control Engineer.
  • Of the required experience, must have 6 months of experience acquired in industrial operations related to the food industry in each of the following:
    • Experience with automation and communication technologies, such as Ethernet/IP, DeviceNET, ControlNET, Modbus, and the internet.
    • Experience with PLCs and hardware and software operator interfaces, such as Allen Bradley (Factory talk View SE).
    • Experience with the industrial networks, such as Rockwell.

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Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are being considered.

At Sanimax, we see strength in diversity, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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The Company
Green Bay, , WI
879 Employees
Year Founded: 1939

What We Do

The agri-food industry generates huge quantity of unconsumed by-products on a global scale. Every day, for more than 80 years, our teams have collected and transformed these organic materials into high-quality ingredients to be used in various industries. Our mission is simple: reclaim, renew and return for a greener future.

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