Senior Controls Technician

Dematic; Pacific (MO); On-site; USD 103,642,000 - 140,204,000; Full time

Job summary

Dematic is seeking a Controls Technician to travel to customer sites, perform electrical and controls system audits, and support commissioning on brownfield projects. The role requires strong communication with customers and collaboration with engineering teams to align audit results with project scopes.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of related field experience, knowledge of Allen-Bradley PLCs, and a background in distributed control architectures.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology preferred (Electrical Engineering or Mechatronic Engineering preferred).
• 3–5 years of successful experience in a related field experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites (approximately 80%).
• Experience in brownfield projects at customer sites.
• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLC based control systems.
• Knowledge of safety systems and standards (NFPA79, UL).
• Solid understanding of centralized and distributed controls architectures.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Audits: perform comprehensive electrical and controls system audits at customer sites.
• Assess and document Legacy (point to point) and distributed controls architectures, including Ethernet, Asi, CAN, Profibus and other fieldbus networks.
• Evaluate controls power distributions systems and verify proper configs and performance of Ethernet-based networks.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks in existing controls equipment relative to the defined controls scope.
• Interface directly with customers to clarify requirements and support follow-up actions.
• Prepare clear, detailed technical documentation and audit reports.
• Commissioning Support: support commissioning activities on active brownfield projects, assisting demolition and pre-commissioning.
• Provide regular commissioning status/progress updates to Dematic leadership and on-site testing support.

Skills

Customer-facing communication

Independent in field

Read electrical schematics

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's Degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

ASI Controls Tools/ASIMON

Hirschman Hi-vision

Job description

High Level Summary of Responsibilities

The Controls Technician (CT) would spend most of their traveling time in the field completing audits for the engineering team. The CT would receive audit packets from a controls project engineer and would travel to site, complete the audit, and interface and communicate with the engineering team as needed. The CT would also assist in the early portions of installation, working with the installation leads to review the existing control infrastructure and help plan an efficient demolition and start to installation. A good candidate for this role would be an experience PreComm Technician that might be interested in working more closely to the engineering and design side of projects.

We offer

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

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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.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $36.17- $48.93 per hour at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications

What You Will Do in this Role

• Audits:
  • Perform comprehensive electrical and controls system audits at customer sites.
  • Assess and document Legacy (point to point) and distributed controls architectures, including Ethernet, Asi, CAN, Profibus and other fieldbus networks.
  • Evaluate controls power distributions systems
  • Verify proper configs and performance of Ethernet-based industrial networks (managed and unmanaged switches, Hirschman, AB )
  • Identify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks in existing controls equipment relative to the defined controls scope
  • Collaborate with internal project engineering teams to align audit results with project scopes.
  • Interface directly with customers to clarify requirements and support follow-up actions.
  • Prepare clear, detailed technical documentation and audit reports
• Commissioning Support:
  • Support commissioning support to the Electrical and Mechanical installation teams on active brownfield projects, supporting demolition and pre-commissioning activities.
  • Seek advice and guidance from controls project engineering leads on non-routine or more complex equipment and areas of the system
  • Identify problems as they occur and take appropriate steps to solve them
  • Provide regular Commissioning status/progress updates to Dematic leadership
  • Support on-site Reliability, Performance, and Volume Testing, System Start-up, Go-Live, and post Go-Live customer support for Dematic projects

What We are Looking For

• Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology preferred (Electrical Engineering or Mechatronic Engineering preferred)
• 3-5 years of successful experience in a related field experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites (approximately 80%)
• Experience in brownfield projects at customer sites
• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLC based control systems
• Experience with Bihl and Wiedermann software tools (Asi Controls Tools, ASIMON)
• Proven ability to work independently in the field with minimal supervisioin
• Strong customer facing communication skills.
• In-dept understanding of centralized and distributed controls architectures.
• Working knowledge of industrial fieldbus networks and software tools
  • Ethernet
  • Profibus
  • Profinet
  • CAN
  • Hirschman Hi-vision
• Knowledge of safety systems and standards (NFPA79, UL)
• Solid understanding of controls power distribution systems
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and other controls documentation.
• Demonstrated basic knowledge of professional behavior principles and skills including communication, collaboration, courage, training, and teamwork
• Ability to effectively Collaborate and Communicate with Dematic Customers, Dematic co-workers, Vendors and Sub-contractors