Job Description
Process Controls About Big River Forest Products Big River Forest Products, LLC (BRFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.
The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.
Family-owned and operated, BRFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.
Big River Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information:
CONTROLS PLC Big River Forest Products is now seeking application for a PLC Technician. This position will be responsible for troubleshooting all electrical, instrumental and process malfunctions, including mechanical power transmission equipment and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Responsibilities: - Troubleshoot electrical machinery and electrical control equipment throughout the plant (sawmill, planer, boiler-kiln areas).
- Coordinate working process with production and maintenance leadership team.
- Interpret PLC logic and make necessary modifications to get equipment functioning properly.
- Setup and operate test equipment to evaluate performance of developmental parts, assemblies, or systems under simulated operating conditions, and record results.
- Implement new control systems to improve equipment efficiency.
- Provide technical assistance and resolution when electrical or engineering problems are encountered before, during and after construction.
- Build, calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot or repair electrical instruments or testing equipment.
- Conduct inspections for quality control and assurance programs, reporting findings and recommendations.
- Analyze and interpret test information to resolve design-related problems.
- Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies or systems to correct functional deviations.
- Use precision measurement tools and equipment to calibrate and adjust equipment.
- Comply with government health, safety, and environmental guidelines, following all OSHA guidelines and regulations as required.
Required Skills: - 2-5 years of industrial electrical experience.
- Strong knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers, preferably Allen Bradley or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of Process Control Instrumentation
- Industrial electricity and motor controls and diagnostics experience.
- Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and related controls.
- Previous experience with power distribution systems.
- Ability to use laser/thermal guns and temposonic/linear position sensors.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and diagrams..
- Troubleshooting skills (including locating and isolating problems, identifying and testing possible solutions and selecting effective approaches).
- Strong skills in use of PCs and maintenance systems.
- Excellent technical aptitude.
- Proven safety and quality record.
- Excellent time management skills.
- General PLC/Electrical knowledge and skills to include but not limited to:
- Soldering, splicing, meter reading, AC motors/generators, DC motors, Schematics reading, SLC/PLC systems, electrical codes, laser scanning systems, sorting/stacking systems.
Environmental Conditions: - Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).
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