Automation Maintenance Technician: PLCs, Robots & Uptime

Pilkington North America Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilkington North America Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support equipment upkeep, process standardization, and safe operation of industrial systems.

You will perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot malfunctions, and support automation via PLCs, robots, and CMMS documentation. The role requires a technical degree or 3–5 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience, with skills in AC/DC motor controls, PLCs, welding, mechanical shop work, and TPM knowledge.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have a Technical Degree or 3 to 5 years of verifiable hands-on experience in an industrial maintenance environment.
• Industrial Electricity –AC/DC motor controls, switch gears, inverters, PLC controllers, ladder logic and programming, control circuits and devices, use of test equipment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots and programmable controllers (PLCs).
• Welding/Cutting -- stick, mig, torch, shield, arc, oxy acetylene, plasma – Not required but a plus.
• Shop skills --layout, drilling, and taping, lathe, milling, bandsaw, circular saws, small hand tools.
• Basic Machine Principles –threads and fasteners, tolerance and fit, materials, lubricants.
• Millwright –chains, sprockets, bearings and pneumatics.
• Electrician skills – mounting hardware, installing conduit, pulling wires, and connections.
• Diagnostic skills – ability to logically find root cause of machine failures using electrical and mechanical trouble shooting techniques and efficient methods.
• Interpersonal skills – communications, employee involvement, and problem solving are a must.
• Knowledge of TPM – Total Productive Maintenance procedure desired.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain industrial equipment repair or replace malfunctioning production or processing equipment.
• Perform regular inspection and preventative maintenance of equipment; complete work orders with detailed documentation of results utilizing CMMS system.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots and programmable controllers (PLCs).
• Troubleshooting and recovery of automation systems.
• Support operations personnel in equipment sequence of operations and Lock Out / Tag Out.
• Order and install replacement parts when necessary.
• Shut down and disassemble machinery as needed.
• Assist in root cause identification with detailed factual communication of failures and suggestions.
• Work with plant reliability engineers for process performance improvement.
• Ensure that all production–related equipment in the plant is maintained in a state of repair to achieve efficiency and uptime.

Skills

Industrial Electricity

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Welding

Shop skills

Tolerances

Millwright

Electrical installation

Interpersonal skills

Total Productive Maintenance

Education

Technical Degree

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

Pilkington North America Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support equipment upkeep, process standardization, and safe operation of industrial systems.

You will perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot malfunctions, and support automation via PLCs, robots, and CMMS documentation. The role requires a technical degree or 3–5 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience, with skills in AC/DC motor controls, PLCs, welding, mechanical shop work, and TPM knowledge.