Controls Technician - programming and building PLC panels

Ridgemont Resources, Inc.; Villa Rica (GA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

OT pay time and a half

Competitive hourly rate

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. in the southwest suburban Atlanta area is seeking a skilled Controls Technician for a day shift (7:00am–3:30pm, Mon–Fri).

You will design, assemble, program, and commission PLC panels and automated equipment, then support ongoing operation and maintenance. You will troubleshoot PLC systems, wire motors, configure sensors, and work with engineers to improve output while ensuring safety circuits and robotics integration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of related experience in controls or automation.
• PLC programming from scratch using prints/schematics.
• Wiring a 9-lead motor and stress testing windings.
• Identifying data from motor nameplates for components.
• Familiar with sensors, analog signals and PLC ladder logic.
• Experience in panel building and electrical maintenance.
• Robotics exposure and safety circuit integration.
• Authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Install, program, and commission PLC panels and controls.
• Troubleshoot PLC systems and robotic controllers.
• Perform preventative maintenance on automated equipment.
• Work with engineers and production to improve output.
• Train others on installation, operation, and servicing.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder logic troubleshooting

Electrical wiring

Panel building

Robotics experience

Safety circuit integration

VFDs & motor knowledge

Sensors: PNP/NPN/4-20mA/0-10V

Independent work

Tools

PLC hardware

Robot controllers

VFDs

Industrial controls panels

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