Controls Tech III - 2nd Shift

Cummins•York, SC

13h

About The Position

Cummins is seeking a Controls Tech III to join its Manufacturing team in York, South Carolina. This second-shift role designs, implements, maintains, and improves factory automation and control systems to enhance manufacturing efficiency, reliability, productivity, safety, and performance. The technician diagnoses electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and control-system issues; develops and modifies machine and control-system programs; and supports equipment commissioning, system integration, testing, start-up, and troubleshooting. The role applies root cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions to recurring failures, supports continuous improvement in equipment reliability, cycle time, safety, controls performance, and maintainability, and maintains accurate technical documentation. The technician works with engineering, maintenance, operations, quality, production, IT/OT, and equipment vendors, and provides technical guidance to Level 1 and Level 2 technicians. Work must comply with applicable electrical, machine-safety, company, and industry standards, including lockout/tagout and other required safe work practices. The position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Requirements

High school diploma, certificate of completion of secondary education, or equivalent experience that meets applicable regulations.
Significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training, or on-the-job experience.
Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex electrical, controls, PLC, SCADA, motion, instrumentation, and automation issues with minimal supervision.
Ability to develop, modify, troubleshoot, and validate PLC, HMI, SCADA, and control-system programs while following programming standards and change-control processes.
Advanced troubleshooting and corrective-maintenance capability for control panels, VFDs, servos, sensors, safety circuits, industrial networks, and associated equipment.
Ability to support controls commissioning, equipment start-up, system integration, testing, and troubleshooting for new or modified machinery and automated processes.
Ability to investigate recurring equipment and controls failures, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Ability to identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, cycle time, safety, controls performance, and maintainability.
Ability to create and maintain electrical schematics, I/O documentation, PLC/HMI backups, network diagrams, troubleshooting guides, equipment standards, and other controls documentation.
Knowledge of applicable electrical, machine-safety, company, and industry standards, and ability to apply lockout/tagout and other required safety practices.
Ability to provide technical troubleshooting guidance and knowledge-sharing support to Level 1 and Level 2 technicians.
Ability to collaborate with Controls Engineers, Maintenance, Operations, IT/OT, and equipment vendors.
The position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and improve factory automation and control systems.
Diagnose and resolve electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and control-system issues to minimize downtime and restore equipment performance.
Create and modify machine programs to improve equipment utilization, process performance, and manufacturing operations.
Identify controls-related hazards and implement safe work practices.
Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, operations, quality, and production teams to meet manufacturing objectives.
Identify and implement process, equipment, and application improvements in quality, efficiency, and performance.
Communicate priorities, project status, and operational needs clearly to different audiences.
Support controls commissioning, system integration, equipment testing, start-up, and troubleshooting for new or modified machinery.
Investigate equipment and controls issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Identify improvements to equipment reliability, cycle time, safety, controls performance, and maintainability.
Create and maintain controls documentation, and ensure work complies with electrical, machine-safety, and industry standards, including lockout/tagout.
Troubleshoot and maintain control panels, VFDs, servos, sensors, safety circuits, industrial networks, and associated equipment.
Develop, modify, troubleshoot, and validate PLC, HMI, SCADA, and control-system programs in accordance with programming standards and change-control processes.
Provide troubleshooting guidance and technical knowledge to Level 1 and Level 2 technicians.
Work with Controls Engineers, Maintenance, Operations, IT/OT, and equipment vendors on projects, technical issues, and transition of new systems into production.