Facilities Technician

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments in Dallas is seeking a highly experienced Facilities Controls Technician to uphold reliability of critical utility and building systems, including PLC, HMI and SCADA. This role focuses on installation, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance to ensure continuous, safe and high-yield semiconductor manufacturing.

You will develop SOPs, support 24‑hour operations, mentor junior technicians, coordinate with operations and engineering, and lead improvements in controls projects

Qualifications

• Experience with facility control systems including PLC, HMI and SCADA.
• Strong ability to develop and follow SOPs and change control processes.
• Proven track record of supporting 24/7 operations in a manufacturing/semiconductor environment.

Responsibilities

• Respond quickly to critical situations and troubleshoot system components.
• Identify failure causes and implement corrective actions to minimize downtime.
• Review and improve maintenance procedures and SOPs.
• Provide technical support for the 24-hour operations team.
• Troubleshoot and maintain PLC/HMI/SCADA for chillers, pumps, and AHUs.
• Perform PM/CM on panels, relays, motors, and VFDs.
• Coordinate with operations/engineering and maintain as-built docs and spares.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

SOP development

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring juniors

24/7 operations support

Tools

PLC programming

HMI

SCADA

VFDs

Sensors

Instrumentation

Job description

Change the world. Love your job.
Join a dynamic and fluid team at the heart of semiconductor innovation. We are seeking a highly experienced Facilities Controls Technician to shape the direction and readiness of our facilities for current and future industry shifts, while maintaining operational excellence and total system reliability. In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of innovation, driving strategies that set the course for the next decades of facility operations.

Controls Specialist - Position Overview

Perform installation, troubleshooting, calibration, and preventive maintenance on facility control systems including PLC, HMI, SCADA, VFDs, sensors, and instrumentation. Support all controls CM & PM work, improvement/efficiency and automation projects for critical utility and building systems. This controls specialist role is essential for maintaining, continuously improving and driving reliability within the infrastructure that enables continuous, safe and high-yield semiconductor manufacturing. As the system specialist, you are the system owner for all North Campus factory controls systems.
Responsibilities include:

• Respond quickly to potentially critical situations, perform rapid and accurate situational assessments, and troubleshoot system components
• Identify causes of failures, determine appropriate corrective actions, and implement these corrections promptly to mitigate the effects of system upsets
• Review recommended maintenance procedures to ensure best practices are in place and documented properly
• Review, draft, improve and implement standard operation procedures (SOP) on all related systems
• Provide technical support for 24-hour operations team
• Troubleshoot and maintain PLC/HMI/SCADA programs and hardware for chillers, pumps, cooling towers, AHUs, and process utilities
• Perform PM/CM on control panels, relays, motor controls, VFDs, and instrumentation per FMS work orders
• Calibrate & repair transmitters, pressure/temperature sensors, flow meters, and control valves
• Support PLC upgrades, program changes, and control logic reviews; document changes per change control
• Design and maintain control systems networks and hardware
• Respond to alarms, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate with operations and engineering
• Maintain as-built documentation, loop diagrams, and spare parts records
• Ensure safety compliance, LOTO, and EHS requirements during all work
• Manage and coordinate contractors & TI’ers supporting the controls team
• Lead improvement, efficiency and automation efforts/projects
• Train & mentor new technicians to support the controls team and ensure TI expectations are met
• Interface directly with facility and factory managers
• Review, assess risks and approve/deny controls related work permits
• Maintain service/replacement parts, request quotes and manage vendors