Controls Technician - programming and building PLC panels

Job Juncture; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

OT paid at time and a half

Major company benefits

Job summary

Job Juncture in Atlanta is seeking a Controls Technician for the day shift (7:00am–3:30pm, Mon–Fri). You will build PLC panels, program them, and bring automated equipment online, collaborating with engineers and the production team to design and integrate controls for manufacturing cells.

Responsibilities include installing pneumatics and hydraulics from prints, troubleshooting PLCs, repairing machine controls, and conducting preventative maintenance.

Qualifications

• Desire at least 6 years of related experience.
• PLC programming experience.
• Electrical experience.
• Some robotic experience.
• Safety circuit integration.
• Authorized to work indefinitely in the USA without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Build PLC panels and program them.
• Configure, test, operate, maintain, servicing, and troubleshoot controls and automated systems.
• Install pneumatics: air logic controls from prints/schematics.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic circuits and PLC systems.
• Install, program, or repair programmable controllers and robot controllers.
• Repair machine controls, systems and tools; conduct routine maintenance.
• Train others to install, use, and service equipment.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical experience

Robotic experience

Safety circuit integration

6+ years experience

Job description

Controls Technician - programming and building PLC panels

Salary: $1 - $1 per hour

Location: Atlanta, GA

Posted: August 13 2026

Relocation Assistance: Not Available

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Major and established company with a huge majority market share in what they manufacture and a good working culture has an opportunity on the day shift which is 7:00am - 3:30pm Monday thru Friday for a Controls Technician in the southwest suburban Atlanta area. The Controls Technician will participate in cell design, along with the integration of controls and installation of automated equipment. Will build PLC panels and then program them as well as get them up and running. The technician is responsible for assisting in configuring, testing, operating, maintaining, servicing, and troubleshooting controls, as well as other automated systems used in production. Some of the responsibilities of the role detailed below:

• Pneumatics: Install air logic controls from prints or schematics.
• Hydraulic: Troubleshoot hydraulic circuits containing the following components, check valves, accumulators, cylinders, flow controls, directional control valves, pressure control valves.
• Troubleshoot PLC systems using computer.
• Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, and robot controllers.
• Use knowledge of all fabrication equipment to complete maintenance tasks.

• Operating the equipment or overseeing the operation of equipment.
• Analyzing and categorizing events within the equipment.
• Working closely with engineers and production team to help achieve a desired output.
• Conducting preventative maintenance, such as routine upgrades and inspections.
• Repairing machine controls, systems, and tools as needed.
• Disassembling (or re-assembling) equipment to repair or replace defective parts.
• Training others to install, use, and service equipment.

The location is southwest suburban Atlanta, GA. There is an attractive hourly rate. OT is paid at time and 1/2. There are major company benefits and an attractive 401K with matching.

Needed experience:

• desire at least 6 years of related experience
• PLC programming
• electrical experience
• some robotic experience
• safety circuit integration
• must be authorized to work indefinitely in the USA without sponsorship