Automation Technician — 2nd Shift, PLC/Robotics Expert

Perrigouk; New York (NY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Perrigo in New York is hiring an Automation Technician to troubleshoot, maintain, and improve automation and control systems across manufacturing, packaging, facilities, and utility operations, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, BMS, vision systems, robotics, serialization, instrumentation, drives, and networks.

You will work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and vendors to maximize safety, reliability, and compliance, and to optimize equipment performance.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Automation or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in industrial automation in manufacturing.
• Experience with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, BMS, instrumentation, drives, and networks.
• Experience with Rockwell/Siemens/Schneider Electric platforms and machine vision systems.
• Experience in FDA-regulated manufacturing environment; GMP knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain, and support automation, controls, instrumentation, and electrical systems.
• Provide technical support for packaging, bulk manufacturing, facility, and utility systems.
• Modify PLC/HMI/SCADA applications as approved.
• Support automation platforms and related technologies (vision systems, serialization, robotics).
• Support BMS, industrial networks, backups, documentation, disaster recovery, and change control.

Skills

Automation systems

PLC/SCADA

HMI/SCADA

Industrial networks

GMP knowledge

Education

Associate degree in Automation

Tools

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens

Schneider Electric

Cognex

Keyence

UR (Universal Robots)

Job description

Perrigo in New York is hiring an Automation Technician to troubleshoot, maintain, and improve automation and control systems across manufacturing, packaging, facilities, and utility operations, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, BMS, vision systems, robotics, serialization, instrumentation, drives, and networks.

You will work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and vendors to maximize safety, reliability, and compliance, and to optimize equipment performance.