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Controls Technician
Posted: 05/22/25
2025-04-30
2025-06-21
Job Title: Technical
Job ID: 45717055
Pay Rate: $54080-72800 / year
Job Description
A leading manufacturer in the automotive industry is seeking a dependable and experienced Controls Technician for its facility in Westminster, SC. This role is responsible for designing advanced electrical, mechanical, and computer-controlled systems, improving manufacturing support and maintenance programs through training and technical support. This is a direct hire position with full benefits!
Responsibilities:
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Responsibilities:
- Design control systems for machine tools, including electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic
- Maintain the electrical and program documentation.
- Install and update software and hardware required for troubleshooting machine logic programs
- Assists and trains maintenance personnel in the troubleshooting of production equipment and the repair of electronic control equipment.
- Selects capital equipment for manufacturing processes.
- Improve current machine tools to increase uptime, improve quality and increase productivity.
- Provides engineering support to production equipment and processes, including advising maintenance.
- Establishes programs for cost savings activities to support overall plant requirements.
- Advises in improving preventative maintenance programs.
- Authorizes/approves changes to machine tool programs.
- Maintain and follow Quality Management System and Environmental Management System
- Associates degree in technical field preferred or 5 years work experience with controls
- Knowledge of programming and designing controls systems utilizing PC’s, PLCs, electrical and pneumatic components
- Experience in writing and debugging code for SLC 500, ControlLogix, or Omron
- Experience with CNC or NC controls
- HMI program development experience
- Experience in hardware/panel design, motor sizing, component selection, drive system selection and programming, robotics and motion control.
- Experience with automation network interfaces for data and control (Ethernet, DeviceNet, Profibus/Profinet)
- Experience in machine vision setup and programming preferred
- Working knowledge of NEC code
- AutoCAD experience preferred
- Results oriented personality and ability to work in a team-oriented environment
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience in continuous improvement activities will be considered a plus. This includes using tools such as kaizens, mistake proofing, establishing standard work practices, problem solving, pull systems, 5S, setup reduction, TPM, etc.
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