Controls Technician - programming and building PLC panels

The Recruiting Hive; Villa Rica (GA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

OT pay 1.5x

Benefits package

Competitive pay

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive has an opening for a Controls Technician on the day shift in the southwest suburban Atlanta area. You will design cells, integrate controls, and install automated equipment.

Responsibilities include building PLC panels, programming them, and getting systems up and running. You will work with engineers and the production team to meet output goals, perform preventative maintenance, and train others.

Qualifications

• Desire at least 6 years of related experience.
• PLC programming experience with ability to read and interpret PLC logic from prints/schematics.
• Comfortable programming a machine process from scratch.
• Able to wire a 9-lead motor and stress test windings.
• Identify data from motor nameplates for component selection or programming.
• Familiarity with sensors (PNP, NPN, loop-powered, dry contact).
• Analog control signals: 4-20mA and 0-10V.
• Ladder logic troubleshooting and panel building.

Responsibilities

• Install and troubleshoot pneumatics and air logic controls.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic circuits and valve assemblies.
• Troubleshoot PLC systems using computer-based tools.
• Install, program, or repair programmable controllers and robot controllers.
• Support maintenance and repairs of fabrication equipment.
• Operate and supervise equipment; drive outputs toward targets.
• Analyze events within equipment and categorize for action.
• Collaborate with engineers and production to meet output goals.
• Perform preventative maintenance and routine upgrades.
• Repair machine controls and tools as needed.
• Disassemble/reassemble equipment to replace parts.
• Train others in installation, usage, and servicing of equipment.

Skills

PLC programming

Motor wiring

Sensors NPN/PNP

Analog control 4-20mA/0-10V

Ladder logic troubleshooting

Panel building

Electrical experience

Robotics experience

Safety circuits

Troubleshooting PLC systems

Tools

PLC programming software

Job description

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:

1. Pneumatics: Install air logic controls from prints or schematics.
2. Hydraulic: Troubleshoot hydraulic circuits containing the following components, check valves, accumulators, cylinders, flow controls, directional control valves, pressure control valves.
3. Troubleshoot PLC systems using computer.
4. Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, and robot controllers.
5. Use knowledge of all fabrication equipment to complete maintenance tasks.
6. Operating the equipment or overseeing the operation of equipment.
7. Analyzing and categorizing events within the equipment.
8. Working closely with engineers and production team to help achieve a desired output.
9. Conducting preventative maintenance, such as routine upgrades and inspections.
10. Repairing machine controls, systems, and tools as needed.
11. Disassembling (or re-assembling) equipment to repair or replace defective parts.
12. 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 with confidence in using context clues within the PLC program
• comfortable with programming a machine process from scratch
• comfortable with wiring a 9-lead motor, and stress testing the motor's windings
• able to identify critical info. from a motors data plate and use the info for specing-out or programming new control components such as contactors, soft starters, and VFDs
• familiarity with sensors: PNP, NPN, loop-powered, and dry contact
• analog control familiarity: signal ranges of 4-20mA and 0-10 volts
• ladder logic troubleshooting
• panel building
• electrical experience
• some robotic experience
• safety circuit integration
• must be authorized to work indefinitely in the USA without sponsorship