Controls Engineer: Equipment Reliability & Automation

Ahresty; Wilmington (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahresty in Wilmington, OH is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Controls Engineer to support reliability and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment and automated systems. The role focuses on reducing downtime, improving equipment performance, and ensuring safe, efficient operations.

You will troubleshoot electrical and control-system issues, develop PLC and HMI programs, and support Maintenance Technicians while collaborating with Engineering and Production to implement improvements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in industrial controls, automation, or manufacturing maintenance preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting automated manufacturing equipment in a high-volume environment preferred.
• Experience supporting equipment reliability and reducing recurring downtime preferred.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical, controls, automation, and equipment-related failures on manufacturing equipment.
• Diagnose PLC, HMI, servo, VFD, sensor, and industrial control-system issues.
• Provide technical support to Maintenance Technicians during breakdowns and recurring problems.
• Analyze failures to identify root causes and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain PLC and HMI programs as required.
• Support robots and automated material-handling systems and related issues.
• Maintain backups and documentation for PLC programs, HMIs, drives, and robot programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, cycle time, uptime, and maintainability.
• Participate in preventive/predictive maintenance and equipment upgrades.

Skills

Electrical controls

PLC programming

Robotics

HMIs

VFDs

Sensors

Industrial automation

Tools

PLC programming software

Robot controllers

Job description

Ahresty in Wilmington, OH is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Controls Engineer to support reliability and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment and automated systems. The role focuses on reducing downtime, improving equipment performance, and ensuring safe, efficient operations.

You will troubleshoot electrical and control-system issues, develop PLC and HMI programs, and support Maintenance Technicians while collaborating with Engineering and Production to implement improvements.