The Maintenance Controls Technician installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs electrical and computer-based control systems operating production-line machinery. The role identifies and resolves issues with PLCs, HMIs, sensors, and other automation components, working with maintenance and production staff to support smooth operations and optimize production processes. The technician commissions, diagnoses, calibrates, maintains, and repairs environmental-control systems and processes. The work involves electronics, direct digital control (DDC), airflow, hydronics, refrigeration theory, pH sensors, flow meters, electrical meters, and system control techniques. The technician collaborates with maintenance and engineering staff to keep control systems and mechanical and electromechanical field devices operating according to their basis of design, and assists maintenance technicians with electrical-controls-related process issues. The role follows applicable electrical codes and safety procedures, including NFPA 70E and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO).
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED