Senior Data Center PLC Technician — Remote US Travel

ABB Inc.; Delaware; Remote; USD 114,616,000 - 186,252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Parental Leave

Paid holidays

Short term disability

Long term disability

401(k)

Employee discount

Job summary

ABB is seeking 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 controls in mission-critical power applications.

The role requires extensive nationwide travel to customer locations across the United States and mentoring junior field personnel. You will coordinate complex field assignments, lead testing of power systems, configure and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 7+ years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor degree with 5+ years in a related field.
• Demonstrated independent field capability 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 to apply approved engineering methods in the field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, customer communication, technical reporting, and field leadership skills.
• Ability to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments based on project demand.
• Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable to the requisition.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving Paralleling Switchgear and other 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.
• Interpret one-line diagrams, elementary schematics, interconnection drawings, sequence-of-operations documents, coordination studies, settings files, and commissioning procedures.
• Lead on-site technical execution, coordinate daily work, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support on-time, on-budget completion of complex or high-profile projects.
• Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians, assign work within demonstrated competencies, and provide practical coaching on safe execution, troubleshooting, documentation, and customer communication.
• Act as a senior escalation resource for high-level remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency response where assigned.
• Complete accurate field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entry, expense reporting, and customer-facing status updates.
• Protect ABB and customer assets, control job costs and expenditures, and identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, and service delivery.
• Build effective customer relationships by translating complex technical findings into clear actions, recommendations, risks, and recovery plans.

Tools

ABB Energy Commander

AC500 Automation Builder

Proficy Machine Edition

Cimplicity

HMI/Panel Builder

Woodward EasyGen

Job description

ABB is seeking 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 controls in mission-critical power applications.

The role requires extensive nationwide travel to customer locations across the United States and mentoring junior field personnel. You will coordinate complex field assignments, lead testing of power systems, configure and