Automation Maintenance Tech: PLCs & Robotics on High-Speed Lines

Software Placement Group, SPG; Brown Deer (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Profit sharing

Shift differentials

Job summary

Software Placement Group (SPG) is seeking an Automation Maintenance Technician for a leading manufacturer in the Greater Milwaukee area. This role maintains automated production lines, robotic cells, and high-speed equipment, offering high autonomy within a collaborative shop floor culture.

You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems, interface with AB/Siemens PLCs, read schematics, and perform preventative maintenance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on industrial maintenance with high-speed production machinery or automation.
• Experience with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLC fault-tracing and basic I/O monitoring.
• Proficiency reading electrical schematics, mechanical blueprints, and pneumatics/hydraulic diagrams.
• Experience with AC/DC electrical systems up to 480V.

Responsibilities

• Perform real-time mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic diagnostics on automated machinery, lines, and robotic cells.
• Interface with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs to trace I/O faults and clear stoppages.
• Read electrical schematics, ladder logic, and mechanical drawings for emergency repairs and preventative maintenance.
• Service and optimize pneumatics—valves, cylinders, regulators, lines.
• Work with power systems, motors, VFDs, sensors, and low-voltage control circuits.
• Perform light welding and fabrication to adapt or repair equipment.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

PLC fault tracing

Electrical schematics

AC/DC 480V

Safety performance

Local commute within 45 minutes

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

Job description

Software Placement Group (SPG) is seeking an Automation Maintenance Technician for a leading manufacturer in the Greater Milwaukee area. This role maintains automated production lines, robotic cells, and high-speed equipment, offering high autonomy within a collaborative shop floor culture.

You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems, interface with AB/Siemens PLCs, read schematics, and perform preventative maintenance.