Controls Technician: PLC & Automation Expert (Day Shift)

KOB Solutions, Inc.; Villa Rica (GA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major benefits package

401K with matching

Job summary

KOB Solutions, Inc. is seeking a skilled Controls Technician for a day shift in the southwest suburban Atlanta area. The role involves building PLC panels, programming and commissioning automated equipment, and supporting controls across production lines.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting PLC systems, wiring motors, and implementing safety circuits. You will work with engineers and the manufacturing team to optimize output and perform preventive maintenance.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of related experience in controls/automation.
• PLC programming with ability to read and modify logic from context clues.
• Experience programming a machine process from scratch.
• Wiring a 9-lead motor and stress testing windings.
• Ability to identify data from motor nameplates for components like contactors, soft starters, and VFDs.
• Familiarity with sensors: PNP, NPN, loop-powered, dry contact.
• Analog control: 4-20mA and 0-10V signals.
• Ladder logic troubleshooting and panel building.
• Electrical experience and some robotic exposure.
• Safety circuit integration and working without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Operate or supervise operation of automated equipment.
• Analyze events within equipment and categorize them for troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with engineers and production to achieve target output.
• Perform preventative maintenance and routine upgrades.
• Repair machine controls, systems, and tools as needed.
• Disassemble or reassemble equipment to replace defective parts.
• Train others to install, use, and service equipment.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder logic

Panel building

Electrical experience

Robotic experience

Safety circuit integration

Motor wiring

Sensors (PNP/NPN, loop-powered, dry)

Analog control (4-20mA, 0-10V)

Troubleshooting PLC systems

Sponsorship not required

Tools

PLC panels

Robotics controllers

Job description

KOB Solutions, Inc. is seeking a skilled Controls Technician for a day shift in the southwest suburban Atlanta area. The role involves building PLC panels, programming and commissioning automated equipment, and supporting controls across production lines.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting PLC systems, wiring motors, and implementing safety circuits. You will work with engineers and the manufacturing team to optimize output and perform preventive maintenance.