Shift: Night Shift | 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM | 2‑2‑3 Schedule
Pay: $30.00 – $35.00 per hour + $1.50/hr shift differential
Role Overview
The Controls / Automation Technician supports production and utility equipment by troubleshooting, maintaining, and optimizing electrical and automation systems. This role is essential to ensuring safe operation, high equipment reliability, and consistent line performance in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. Ideal candidates are hands‑on technicians with strong electrical aptitude and experience working with PLCs, HMIs, drives, and industrial automation hardware.
Key Responsibilities
Safety & Compliance
Follow all OSHA and company safety standards, including proper PPE usage.
Identify, report, and correct electrical hazards promptly.
Demonstrate working knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
Maintain housekeeping and safe work practices at all times.
Controls & Electrical Systems
Industrial sensors — Troubleshoot, repair, replace, and calibrate photoelectric, inductive, capacitive, magnetic, pressure, temperature, weight, and position sensors.
Electrical control devices — Diagnose and commission AC/DC drives, servo controllers, motors, breakers, contactors, solenoids, power supplies, and indicator lights.
PLC/HMI hardware — Troubleshoot and commission PLC processors, discrete/analog I/O, power supplies, network adapters, distributed I/O, and operator interfaces (PanelView, PC‑based HMIs, FactoryTalk View).
Automation & Diagnostics
Connect laptops to PLCs, HMIs, and servo systems for diagnostics and troubleshooting.
Use electrical schematics, meters, oscilloscopes, and other diagnostic tools.
Make minor PLC logic, HMI, and servo program changes (with guidance).
Perform wiring and programming adjustments on production equipment as needed.