Automation Maintenance Lead: PLCs/Robotics & Shifts

Talent With Heart

Brown Deer (WI)

On-site

USD 43,000 - 62,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Talent With Heart is seeking an Automation Maintenance Lead for Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs with VFDs in the Greater Milwaukee area. The role offers a direct-hire path, shift options, and competitive incentives, including bonuses and profit sharing.

A 45-minute commute is ideal for candidates with hands-on industrial maintenance experience. You will own technical issues on complex automation lines, perform real-time diagnostics, and support robotics and high-speed machinery across all three

Qualifications

3+ years hands-on industrial maintenance experience on high-speed production lines or heavy automation.
Experience diagnosing PLC-based control systems, I/O monitoring, and fault tracing.
Skilled reading electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and hydraulic/pneumatic diagrams.

Responsibilities

Diagnose automated production lines including mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems.
Interact with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs to trace faults and prevent unplanned downtime.
Read schematics and ladder logic to perform repairs and preventative maintenance.
Maintain fluid power systems including pneumatics and actuators.
Work with 480V power distribution, VFDs, and low-voltage control circuits.
Perform light fabrication or welding to support equipment modifications.