3rd-Shift Electrical Controls Technician (Industrial Automation)

Sweet Candy Company; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance starting the 1st of a

Domestic partner health coverage

Paid vacation

Job summary

Sweet Candy Company in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician - Electrical Controls to support our aging lines with focus on electrical controls and automation.

This role is Sunday-Tuesday and every other Saturday, 4pm–4:30am, with wage range $32-$40 per hour plus shift differential. You will troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, motors, read schematics, and collaborate across production, quality, safety to keep lines running.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing with strong electrical and controls background.
• Hands-on PLC and I/O troubleshooting; online monitoring, tracing faults, and logic reading.
• Experience with VFDs, motor controls, and 480V three-phase power; able to read electrical diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical controls and automation: PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives, sensors, relays, and safety circuits.
• Read schematics and wiring diagrams; work from ladder logic and one-lines.
• Maintain and repair motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, bearings, belts, and chains.
• Install, modify, and wire control panels and production equipment; document work in the maintenance system.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Electrical controls

PLC troubleshooting

VFDs and servo drives

Reading schematics

Tools

CMMS

Thermography

Vibration analysis

Job description

Sweet Candy Company in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician - Electrical Controls to support our aging lines with focus on electrical controls and automation.

This role is Sunday-Tuesday and every other Saturday, 4pm–4:30am, with wage range $32-$40 per hour plus shift differential. You will troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, motors, read schematics, and collaborate across production, quality, safety to keep lines running.