PLC Controls Automation Technician –3/2/2 Schedule + 3 Weeks PTO + $10k

Weaver Popcorn Van Buren, IN

Have you forgotten what work/life balance was all about? If this is you, you’ll like your schedule: A total of seven (7) days worked, and seven (7) days off in a two-week pay period.

Day Shift:

• 4:30 AM – 4:45 PM. 3 days on (Sa/Su/M); 2 days off (Tu/W); 2 days on (Th/F); 3 days off (Sa/Su/M) and so on … .

Night Shift:

• 4:30 PM – 4:45 AM. 3 days on (Sa/Su/M); 2 days off (Tu/W); 2 days on (Th/F); 3 days off (Sa/Su/M) and so on … .

Hourly pay starting at $33/hour on Days, or $36/hour, including the Night Shift premium. Hours worked on Sunday more than 40 hours for the week are paid at double (2x) the regular hourly rate.

Signing Bonus of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) at 90 calendar days from your employment

Retention Bonus totaling seven thousand five hundred ($7,500):

• Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) at 180 calendar days from your employment
• Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) at nine months from your employment
• Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) at twelve months from your employment

Your first-year earnings on Days would total $88.936 … before any voluntary overtime.

Your first-year earnings on Nights would total $96,112 … before any voluntary overtime.

Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing is a recognized global leader in the production of Popping Corn,

Microwave Popcorn and Ready-to-Eat Popcorn for numerous national brands, private label partners as well as all the beloved Pop Weaver branded items.

Benefiting from over 90 years and four generations of the Weaver family's expertise in the popcorn industry, the Associates at Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing remain focused on the company's mission - To offer the world's highest quality, best-tasting popcorn at the lowest possible price.

OUR MISSION: “COME GROW WITH US”

Physically - To Live

Socio-Emotionally - To Love

Mentally - To Learn

Spiritually - To Leave a Legacy

Maintenance Technicians increase the productivity of automated equipment by troubleshooting and correcting electrical and mechanical issues with the controls that are beyond the scope of the operator’s abilities. The Support Technician assists in managing process improvements, equipment installs and supporting elevated company/equipment issues. Develop and deliver technical training to machine operators.

Your responsibilities and skills:

• Edit PLC programs as needed to accommodate for changes to equipment and products.
• Edit robot programs as needed for new palletizing patterns and make minor edits to camera OCV code inspection layouts to keep QA verifications functioning properly.
• Edit touch-screen HMIs as necessary to accommodate for changes to equipment and products.
• Troubleshoot and repair pneumatic valves, motors and gearboxes, and electrical and mechanical controls of the production equipment.
• Perform repairs and rebuilds to ink jet and thermal transfer printers that have been taken out of service.

The programs and devices that a Support Technician will work around and with include, but are not limited to: 3 phase motors - Allen Bradley PLC’s and Drives - ABB and Fanuc Robot - Cognex cameras - AC/DC drive frequency controllers - Electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical schematics

Benefits include three weeks of paid time off during your first year of employment … along with Medical, Dental, and Vision group health care coverage, life insurance, long- and short-term disability income continuation, and education reimbursement … AND a 100% match of your 401(k) deferrals … up to 10% of your earnings!

Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing, Inc. (“Weaver”) is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, or any other legally protected status, unless such status constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification. Weaver will comply with its legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and for religious beliefs.

Education – Minimum of a two-year degree OR equivalent controls experience.

Qualifications – Minimum of 1 year of related experience.

The preferred candidate will have three or more years of experience in the following:

• PLC troubleshooting
• Working with and setting up DH+, Ethernet, or other types of communication networks
• PC setup and maintenance skills
• Working with AC/DC drive frequency controllers and setup
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical schematics
• Previous experience with Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers