PLC Mechanic: 3rd Shift

Company Profile

Founded in 1937 with manufacturing and distribution centers in West Sacramento and Anaheim, California, Nor-Cal Beverage Co. has been a Deary family owned and operated company for the last 80+ years. We have developed the relationships, infrastructure, support, and expertise to empower our customers and partners to thrive. As the largest independent contract packager west of the Mississippi, we are proud to serve such beverage-industry leaders as Coca-Cola®, Arizona® Iced Tea, Hansen’s® Beverage Company, Monster Energy® Company, Florida’s Natural® as well as Nestle® and others. From bottling and canning, to distribution, to equipment installation and support, we make it happen! If hard work, good pay, and an honest-to-goodness spirit of teamwork appeal to you, apply today!

Job Details

Shifts: 3rd Shift 

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Location: Anaheim, CA

**Incumbent eligible for a $500 signing bonus payable after 6 months of continuous service **

Medical benefits eligible first of the month following 28 days of employment.  All other benefits eligible first of the month following 90 days of employment.

Benefits:

401(k) with generous Company match

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Employee Referral Program

Vision insurance

Position Summary: Install, maintain, and repair machinery and equipment in a beverage manufacturing establishment. This includes but is not limited to the troubleshooting and repair of thermal process systems, valves, fillers, can seamers and other related work as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Follow all safety procedures and work as safe as possible at all times.
• Maintain Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).

• Frequent installation and troubleshooting of electrical & electronic systems, level detectors, valves and other devices.
• Modifies programming of PLCs and related equipment such as controllers and programmable controllers, VFD’s and other electrical / electronic control systems and equipment network systems.
• Works with the plant on a daily basis resolving issues by providing technical support to the maintenance department to expedite repairs on challenging breakdowns or tasks

• Repair conveyor controls and devices.
• Perform Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures when necessary.

• Assist with training Maintenance Mechanics.
• Observes mechanical devices in observation and listens to their sounds to locate cause of trouble.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.

• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs and/or replaces defective parts. 
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices. 
• Start devices to test their performance.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical equipment.
• Initiate purchase order for parts.

• Other duties as assigned at discretion of management
• General
  • Maintain a positive work atmosphere and interaction with customers, co-workers, and management. 
  • Regular and punctual attendance.

• Work scheduled shift, weekends, and extended hours as required.
• To perform this job successfully, must be able to perform each fundamental task listed above satisfactorily. 

Competencies: 

• Strong ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measures, using whole, numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute, rate, ratio and percent and to interpret bar graphs.
• Very high degree of mechanical and electrical aptitude
• High degree of PLC programming and troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instruments and blue prints
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions finished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. 
• Ability to understand, record and communicate product description and codes.
• Strong problem solving skills. 
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Demonstrated ability to meet productivity standards.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate professionally with customers and co-workers.
• Have a strong work ethic and be able to work independently as well as working in a team.
• Demonstrates attention to detail, a professional attitude, and produces accurate work product. 
• Must be enthusiastic and proactive.
• Must have a cooperative attitude.
• Must have the ability to follow-up.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required; 
• Two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in a Beverage/Food Manufacturing environment or equivalent technical training is preferred.
• Ability to weld, ARC and MIG (TIG), desired. 

Language Skills: English is required, and the ability to speak Spanish is desirable.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Amount of Travel Involved: None.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions 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 frequently required to talk or hear, climb up and down stairs, reach with hands and arms, grasp, pick, lift, stand, walk, and perform repetitive motions. The employee is frequently required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, or pull. The employee must frequently lift and /or move 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and rarely lifts up to 70 pounds.   The employee must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as operate production machines where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach. 

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions 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 regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.