Muscle Shoals, Alabama location Controls Technician

Shoals Technologies Group; Highland Park (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Shoals Technologies Group in Portland, TN is seeking a Control Technician to support production equipment controls on site. You will work closely with the Maintenance, Process, and Engineering teams to troubleshoot and repair machine controls, ensuring reliable operation across shifts.

You should be able to read wiring schematics, work with electrical and mechanical systems, and perform fabrication tasks while maintaining safety and housekeeping standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Familiarity with pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Experience in industrial maintenance required.
• Troubleshooting, electrical, and mechanical – 2-3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and wire control panels and enclosures.
• Connect panels to field devices and provide technical support to maintenance staff.
• Intervene quickly to resolve control issues and document actions.
• Perform shift control activities and report on ongoing issues.
• Collaborate with controls engineer to maximize uptime.

Skills

Wiring schematics

Electrical experience

Mechanical fabrication

AC voltage 120-480

Troubleshooting

Autonomous work

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Are you ready to join a fast-paced, innovative team making a real impact in the renewable energy industry? Join Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ: SHLS), a leading provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for solar and energy storage. Headquartered just north of Nashville, Tennessee, we have been driving industry innovation since 1996 by delivering cutting-edge technologies that improve efficiency, safety, and reliability for solar systems worldwide. With over 60 GW of solar systems deployed globally, we’re setting the standard for the renewable energy industry.We are a collection of engineers, renewable advocates, curious minds, and collaborators. Our manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama, along with sales teams across Spain and Australia, enable us to power clean energy solutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. We push boundaries and challenge each other to design, develop, and deliver solutions with the potential to change the world. We are the rebellious hero.Inventing Simple isn’t just a slogan to us, it’s a way of life. Using simple plug-and-play ideology, we revolutionized solar installations in 2003 with our Interconnect SystemTM. Our harnessing system is now the gold standard EPC’s use around the world. By using simple ideas, we are making solar energy a more affordable and clean power source for future generations.Job Summary:In this role you will be reporting to the Controls Engineer for Shoals. You will be based in Portland; TN and this role is onsite. The Control Technician will help support the Controls department in troubleshooting of production equipment controls failures and correction to ensure it operates properly. The Control Technician will be the equipment controls expert, assisting Maintenance as requested for the assigned shift to troubleshoot and repair machine controls related issues. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work independently as possible and in a team atmosphere as required, using their technical and communication skills to construct and implement equipment controls. The Controls Technician will also perform additional duties as assigned.Duties:• Fabrication and wiring of control panels, enclosures, and connection of control panels to field devices.• Provide technical control support to all Maintenance Technicians, Process Technicians, and Engineers.• Ensure immediate controls intervention as required to solve any equipment control issues relevant in the field and follow up actions necessary.• Provide shift control activities, issues and resolution, emerging issues, and concerns.• Communicate, and cooperate with controls engineer to maximize production uptime.• Ensure adherence to safety rules and standards.• Ensure to maintain good housekeeping.• Perform scheduled controls improvement tasks and project as assigned by the Controls Engineer.• Practice continual efforts consistent with minimizing scrap, rework, and controlling cost of expendable and product.• Ensures work is performed in a timely manner, and triages requests to prioritize the most critical repairs.• Makes basic repairs and coordinates the work of specialists when more complex repairs are needed.• Other duties as assigned.Skills/Abilities:• Ability to read and interpret wiring schematics.• Electrical and mechanical experience.• Proficient in AC voltage 120 to 480.• Single phase and three phase knowledge.• Proficient in mechanical fabrication of steel and aluminum components.• Low voltage and control voltage wiring knowledge preferred.• Fabrication experience preferred.• Basic hand tool and handheld power tool use.• Strong organizational, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.• Self-motivated and capable of working autonomously as needed.• Resiliency and adaptability to frequent changes in a fast-paced environment.Education/Experience:• High school diploma or GED.• Familiarity with pneumatics and hydraulics.• Experience in industrial maintenance required.• Troubleshooting, electrical, and mechanical – 2-3 years of experience required.Physical requirements:• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.• Must be able to repetitively bend, squat, kneel, push, pull, lift, and stand for prolonged periods of time.• Must be able to work in a manufacturing facility environment.Shoals Technologies Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.