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Location: Southwest suburban Atlanta, GA | Schedule: Full-time, on-site, day shift 7:00am - 3:30pm Monday thru Friday | Compensation: Attractive hourly rate, overtime paid at time and 1/2

Overview

An established manufacturer with a dominant share of its market and a strong workplace culture is seeking a Controls Technician for its southwest suburban Atlanta facility. This role will play a key part in cell design, controls integration, and the installation of automated equipment, building and programming PLC panels and bringing them online to support production.

What you'll do

• Participate in cell design and integration of controls with automated equipment
• Build PLC panels, program them, and get them up and running
• Assist in configuring, testing, operating, maintaining, servicing, and troubleshooting controls and other automated production systems
• Install air logic controls from prints or schematics (pneumatics)
• Troubleshoot hydraulic circuits including check valves, accumulators, cylinders, flow controls, directional control valves, and pressure control valves
• Troubleshoot PLC systems using a computer
• Install, program, or repair programmable controllers and robot controllers
• Apply knowledge of fabrication equipment to complete maintenance tasks
• Operate equipment or oversee its operation
• Analyze and categorize events within the equipment
• Work closely with engineers and the production team to achieve desired output
• Conduct preventative maintenance, including routine upgrades and inspections
• Repair machine controls, systems, and tools as needed
• Disassemble and reassemble equipment to repair or replace defective parts
• Train others to install, use, and service equipment

Required qualifications

• At least 6 years of related experience
• PLC programming experience
• Ladder logic troubleshooting experience
• Panel building experience
• Electrical experience
• Some robotic experience
• Experience with safety circuit integration
• Must be authorized to work indefinitely in the USA without sponsorship

Compensation and benefits

• Attractive hourly rate
• Overtime paid at time and 1/2
• Major company benefits
• Attractive 401K with matching

Why this role

This is an opportunity to join a major, established manufacturer with a strong market position and good working culture, offering an attractive hourly rate, paid overtime, and a strong benefits and 401K matching package.