Controls Technician

Sempreon

Lawrenceburg, IN

Estimated pay: Est. $28–$37/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

Shift: Full time

**Tradition looking forward.**

**Sempreon™ brings together Branded Spirits, Distilling Solutions and Ingredient Solutions under one corporate identity, building on more than 85 years of expertise, craftsmanship and trusted relationships. Its capabilities span spirits brand building, distilling, blending, bottling and specialty ingredients. Rooted in its heritage and focused on growth and innovation, Sempreon continues to evolve while creating long-term growth and value.**

**The name Sempreon reflects the company’s strong foundations, heritage and history, while looking ahead to its future and the legacy it will build. “Semper,” derived from the Latin word for “always,” represents the enduring foundation on which the company was built, while “Aion,” drawn from the Greek word for “eternity,” reflects its forward-looking vision for the future and a legacy designed to last. Together, the name represents a company that honors where it came from while continuing to evolve for what’s next.**

**Sempreon’s mission, “Creating moments that matter. Building a legacy that lasts,” reflects its commitment to honoring its heritage while continuing to grow, innovate and create lasting impact for generations to come.**

**THE OPPORTUNITY:**

The Controls Technician works with the Distillery Controls Engineer administering, maintaining, and upgrading the Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Operational Technology (OT) systems, providing support for these systems throughout the plant. This role is responsible for the implementation and commissioning of changes to support operational excellence while maintaining cybersecurity integrity of the plant’s virtualized OT environment, ensuring system stability, disaster recovery readiness, and operational continuity.

The position supports large-scale DCS hardware and software upgrades, capital projects, and system improvement initiatives, contractors, and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective project completion. Provides support with troubleshooting, programming modifications, system enhancements, and documentation management while collaborating cross-functionally with Process Engineering, Production, Maintenance, and Quality teams.

**WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:**

**Control System Support**

• Investigate and Analyze control system issues including software, hardware, communication, and instrumentation issues.
• Work with Production, Process Engineering, Quality, and/or Maintenance in the completion of continuous improvement projects and capital expansion projects with a primary focus on the debugging / improvement of the control system programming.
• Support the long-term goals of upgrading aging infrastructure to stay within the serviceable life of the controls equipment as well as staying abreast of new technologies.
• Provide after-hours support as needed whether remote or onsite to accomplish plant goals.

**OT System Support**

• Perform routine maintenance and support of both physical and virtualized equipment located throughout the facility.
• Ensure physical layer reliability of both the fiberoptic backbone networks and local copper distribution networks.
• Work with the Distillery Controls Engineer to maintain regular backups of the entire system implementing both ready-to-deploy backups and disaster recovery efforts.

**Maintenance Support**

• Serve as the Liaison between the Maintenance department and the Electrical and Controls Engineering department by regularly participating in morning tool-box meetings, planning meetings, day to day activities, performing plant floor work and annual shutdown planning, coordination and execution.
• Provide leadership and hands-on support for a team of contract electricians to maintain 24x7 distillery operations in accordance with company policies and local regulations
• Assist in the planning and scheduling of preventative and corrective electrical/instrumentation maintenance activities across the site including annual shutdown activities.

**WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:**

• Required- Associates Degree; Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Master Electrician Military Electrical Training, or related field.
• Training on the various plant control systems to include DCS programming, HMI screen development, input/output wiring and control system equipment setup, and troubleshooting.
• Training in various types of instrumentation and control devices.
• Experience working with Maintenance Management System software (SAP Preferred) for entering and tracking and completing reactive and preventive maintenance work orders.
• OSHA, Food Safety, and GMP training and/or working experience.
• Working knowledge of the NEC and NFPA-70E is required. Experience with DISCUS and NFPA-70B is preferred.
• Experience programming in Siemens PCS7, APACS, and/or TI-505 environments along with HMI integration in WinCC or AIMAX, as well as operating controls systems within a virtualized environment.
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in pl