Job Description

Title: Controls Technician – Industrial Automation

Type: Permanent / Direct-Hire

Location: Garland, TX

Scope: Manage high-speed manufacturing and packaging lines with a focus on automation, PLC, and HMI programming and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot existing PLC programs and HMI systems on four production lines.
• Collaborate with Controls Engineers and Process Engineers to implement improvements on existing lines.
• Provide instruction and guidance to less experienced technical employees.
• Assist in designing control systems, including I/O and Motor Lists, P&ID diagrams, etc.
• Develop Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) documents, including corresponding Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) plans.
• Perform on-site startup, commissioning, validation, and support.
• Apply technical expertise during project execution.
• Identify changes in project scope and promptly notify the Project/Engineering Manager.
• Develop solutions for technical challenges, customer demands, scope changes, and complaints.
• Contribute broad technical expertise to the team while demonstrating strong communication, correspondence, and mediation skills.
• Assist in managing project resources, schedules, budgets, and scope.
• Provide input and resolve issues during the Estimating and Fabrication processes.
• Manage and develop project deliverables independently or within a team.
• Perform any additional duties assigned by the Manager related to the role.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent automation experience.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Industrial Automation.

Specific Knowledge:

• OSHA regulations
• PLC/HMI Systems:
• RS Studio 5000 / ControlLogix.
• Wonderware InTouch & ArchestrA System Platform.
• Inductive Automation Ignition.
• FactoryTalk ME / PanelView & SE.
• Drives/VFDs:
• PowerFlex and Kinetix Servo Drives.
• Networks:
• Ethernet, DLR, CISCO Switches.

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.

California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.

LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.

At SPECTRA FORCE , we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $75000.00/yearly.

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