Field PLC Specialist – Food-Processing Automation & Travel

Fortifi Food Processing Solutions; Kansas City (MO); Presencial; USD 55.000 - 103.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) options

Vacation and paid holidays

Per diem and mileage reimbursement

Uniforms, PPE provided

Descripción de la vacante

Frontmatec, a Fortifi company, seeks a Field PLC Specialist to diagnose, program, and optimize PLC-controlled equipment in food processing environments. You will bridge field service with controls engineering, supporting installations, upgrades, and production improvements.

You’ll diagnose complex issues, mentor technicians, and communicate with customers to ensure reliable performance and documentation. Travel up to 70% across US/Canada is required.

Formación

• Requires 3–5+ years programming and troubleshooting PLCs in an industrial environment.
• Experience supporting customer training, application optimization, or yield-improvement initiatives is a plus.
• Field service or commissioning experience in food processing or sanitary environments is beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Diagnose and resolve complex controls issues on PLC-controlled equipment, drives, and HMIs at customer sites, on site and remotely.
• Program and modify PLCs, VFDs, OPIs during service interventions, upgrades, and retrofits.
• Support installation and commissioning with I/O checkouts, startup, and tuning under production conditions.
• Provide emergency and scheduled maintenance and repairs at customer facilities.
• Read electrical schematics and feed feedback to Engineering.

Conocimientos

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Field service experience

Customer-facing communication

Educación

Bachelors in electrical or automated production engineering

Technical diploma in industrial electronics

Herramientas

Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000

FactoryTalk View

TIA Portal

AutoCAD Electrical

Descripción del empleo

Frontmatec, a Fortifi company, seeks a Field PLC Specialist to diagnose, program, and optimize PLC-controlled equipment in food processing environments. You will bridge field service with controls engineering, supporting installations, upgrades, and production improvements.

You’ll diagnose complex issues, mentor technicians, and communicate with customers to ensure reliable performance and documentation. Travel up to 70% across US/Canada is required.