Senior Data Center PLC Technician (Remote/Travel)

ABB Inc.; Town of Florida (NY); Remote; USD 114,616,000 - 186,252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401k

Parental Leave

Employee discount

11 paid holidays

Vacation

Job summary

ABB in the United States seeks a Data Center Sr. PLC Technician to provide independent technical leadership for pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modification, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay controls in mission-critical power applications.

The role requires extensive nationwide travel to customer sites with per diem and lodging provided. The successful candidate will mentor junior field engineers, coordinate on-site activities, and act as a

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 7+ years of field experience, or an associate/bachelor degree with 5+ years.
• Independent field capability for highly complex assignments.
• Advanced experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and mission-critical power systems.
• Hands-on experience leading startup and commissioning activities, coordinating energization and switching, troubleshooting under schedule pressure, and directing multi-person site teams.
• Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex electrical and control drawings and apply approved engineering methods in the field.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving Paralleling Switchgear and PLC/Relay transfer schemes during pre-startup, full startup, commissioning, modifications, preventive maintenance, and emergency troubleshooting.
• Lead functional and integrated testing of emergency/standby power systems, including open-transition and closed-transition sequences, hard and soft transfers, load add/shed, utility-generator paralleling, import/export, and baseload applications.
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls, generator load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and associated communications.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and authorized modifications of PLC ladder logic, PLC I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters using approved engineering documentation and change-control practices.
• Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, and customer BMS/EPMS/SCADA communications.

Skills

Field leadership

Travel readiness

Reading schematics

Troubleshooting

Customer communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ABB Energy Commander

RX3i PLCs

Proficy Machine Edition

ABB AC500

Automation Builder

CP600 HMI

Cimplicity

Modbus

Job description

ABB in the United States seeks a Data Center Sr. PLC Technician to provide independent technical leadership for pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modification, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay controls in mission-critical power applications.

The role requires extensive nationwide travel to customer sites with per diem and lodging provided. The successful candidate will mentor junior field engineers, coordinate on-site activities, and act as a