Controls Technician - programming and building PLC panels

Connectly Recruiting; Villa Rica (GA); Sur place; USD 34 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401K with matching

Competitive hourly pay

Major company benefits

Résumé du poste

Connectly Recruiting in the Atlanta area is seeking a skilled Controls Technician for a day shift (7:00am–3:30pm, Mon–Fri). You will design, assemble, program PLC panels, and commission automated equipment in a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities include pneumatic/hydraulic troubleshooting, PLC troubleshooting, motor wiring, sensor integration, and safety circuit work. Requires 6+ years experience and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of related experience
• PLC programming with ability to interpret prints
• Comfortable wiring a machine from scratch
• Ability to identify data plate specs for components
• Familiarity with sensors and analog signaling (4-20mA, 0-10V)
• Safety circuit integration experience

Responsabilités

• Install and troubleshoot pneumatic controls from prints/schematics.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic and PLC systems with computer.
• Install, program, or repair programmable controllers and robot controllers.
• Build and wire control panels; commission automated equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance and routine upgrades.
• Collaborate with engineers and production to achieve targets.

Connaissances

PLC programming

Ladder logic

Panel building

Electrical experience

Robotics experience

Sensors (PNP/NPN)

Analog signals 4-20mA / 0-10V

Motor wiring

Troubleshoot PLC systems

Safety circuit integration

Outils

PLC programming software

Description du poste

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