Job Description:

The Controls Technician will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our machines by maintaining and troubleshooting control systems, PLCs, and other related equipment.

This position requires a strong understanding of industrial automation systems and the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues in a timely manner to reduce downtime.

This position also delivers on our core focus of:

• Service Matters
• Relationships Count
• Performance Delivered

While building on our core values of:

• Help 1st
• Take ownership
• Do the right thing
• Expect excellence

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance and inspections on control systems, PLCs, and related equipment to ensure optimal performance and reliability
• Troubleshoot electrical and control system issues using schematics, diagrams, and diagnostic tools to identify root causes and implement effective solutions
• Program, configure, and modify PLCs and other control devices to support production requirements and process improvements
• Collaborate with Plant Manager and Supervisors to implement new control strategies, upgrades, and enhancements to existing systems
• Conduct calibration and testing of instrumentation and sensors to maintain accuracy and compliance with quality standards
• Participate in equipment installations, commissioning, and startup activities, ensuring proper functionality and integration with existing systems
• Accurately document maintenance activities, equipment configurations, and troubleshooting procedures
• Adhere to safety protocols and regulations while performing maintenance activities
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management.

Cultural Competencies

Help First means being a reliable team member serving everyone, internally and externally.

At clients, they believe in and exhibit a “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” mentality and behavior.

No job is unimportant, and no person is above any job. We demonstrate this through:

• Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener
• Has energy and enthusiasm

Take Ownership means that you think and act like an owner.

No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization.

Each person has the autonomy to make recommendations for improvement to their work and the organization.

We demonstrate this through:

• Patient
• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations
• Solution vs. blame oriented
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility
• Has energy and enthusiasm
• Holds self and others accountable

Do the Right Thing means that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity.

Doing the right thing at the right time requires a person to have and exhibit high moral standards.

• Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people
• Good work ethic, task focused and willing to extend extra effort
• Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not

Expect Excellence means that you think and act like an owner.

No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization. We demonstrate this through:

• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered
• Has a sense of urgency
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Fast-paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer, and People needs
• Ability to frequently sit; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to a loud environment
• Exposure to outside weather conditions and vibration

Systems Usage

• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• ERP system (such as HRMS, Amtech, Parabox, etc.)
• ADP Workforce Now

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Associate degree or technical certification in Electrical Engineering, Automation, or related field
• 2 years’ experience in industrial controls maintenance
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of PLC’s
• Proficiency in reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical automation
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Corrugated industry experience

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• machines by maintaining and troubleshooting control systems: 5 years (Required)
• PLCs: 5 years (Required)
• industrial controls maintenance: 5 years (Required)
• MS Office Suite: 6 years (Required)
• ERP - HRMS, Amtech, Parabox: 5 years (Required)
• ADP Workforce Now: 5 years (Preferred)
• manufacturing environment: 5 years (Required)
• reading electrical schematics: 5 years (Required)
• wiring diagrams: 5 years (Required)
• technical automation: 4 years (Required)
• Corrugated industry: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person