Maintenance Controls Lead – Automation & PLCs

Pharmavite; Opelika (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharmavite seeks an experienced Maintenance Controls professional to lead and optimize plant automation support. You will troubleshoot, repair, and improve electrical controls, PLCs, HMIs, and related manufacturing systems to minimize downtime and ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will collaborate across Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Safety to drive reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, or one or two years of college, technical school, apprenticeship training, or equivalent technical experience in electrical, automation, instrumentation, industrial maintenance, or a related discipline.
• Requires five to eight years of experience in technical maintenance, electrical controls, automation, instrumentation, manufacturing equipment troubleshooting, or related technical disciplines
• Technical certifications related to PLCs, industrial electrical systems, instrumentation, controls, or automation are preferred

Responsibilities

• Leads day-to-day maintenance controls support for plant equipment, automation systems, electrical controls, PLCs, HMIs, drives, sensors, instrumentation, and related manufacturing systems to minimize downtime and support production needs.
• Provides technical direction to Controls Technicians and maintenance team members during troubleshooting, repair, installation, start-up, and continuous improvement activities.
• Plans and prioritizes controls-related work orders, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, calibrations, equipment upgrades, and system improvements in partnership with Maintenance and Operations leaders.
• Uses the computerized maintenance management system to document work activity, maintain accurate equipment histories, identify recurring failures, and support reliability improvement actions.
• Supports the development and execution of controls standards, electrical safety practices, backup and recovery practices, change control, and documentation for PLC, HMI, panel, instrumentation, and automation assets.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Controls systems

PLCs

HMIs

Instrumentation

Industrial networks

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

PLCs

HMIs

Drives (VFDs)

Job description

Pharmavite seeks an experienced Maintenance Controls professional to lead and optimize plant automation support. You will troubleshoot, repair, and improve electrical controls, PLCs, HMIs, and related manufacturing systems to minimize downtime and ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will collaborate across Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Safety to drive reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.