Senior PLC Technician - Data Center Power & Paralleling

ABB Inc.; New Jersey; Remote; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan options

401k plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

ABB Inc. is seeking a Data Center Sr. PLC Technician to provide independent technical leadership for paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay systems in mission-critical power applications across the United States.

You will manage on-site activities, mentor junior staff, and serve as the technical point of contact for customers, contractors, and project teams. The role requires extensive nationwide travel and remote work in the US.

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.
• Ability to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments based on project demand.
• 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.
• Extensive experience leading startup and commissioning work, coordinating power-up and switching operations, resolving issues on tight timelines, and overseeing multi-person site teams.

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.

Skills

Field leadership

Troubleshooting

PLC controls

Generator controls

Industrial networking

Electrical drawings

Mentoring

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RX3i PLCs

Proficy Machine Edition

ABB AC500

HMI/Panel Builder

Modbus

Woodward EasyGen

Job description

ABB Inc. is seeking a Data Center Sr. PLC Technician to provide independent technical leadership for paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay systems in mission-critical power applications across the United States.

You will manage on-site activities, mentor junior staff, and serve as the technical point of contact for customers, contractors, and project teams. The role requires extensive nationwide travel and remote work in the US.