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Master Controls Technician
Posted: 11/17/25
2025-07-17
2025-12-17
Job Title: Technical
Job ID: 49204717
Pay Rate: $66560-87360 / year
Job Description
A leading manufacturer in the automotive industry is seeking a dependable and experienced Masters Controls Technician for its facility in Westminster, SC. The Master Technician will play a pivotal role in providing technical leadership, training, and support to plant operations, focusing on leading capital projects, process improvements, implementing new technologies, benchmarking best-in-class facilities, and implementing best practices in processes, equipment, and workflows. This is a direct hire position with full benefits!
Responsibilities:
Shift Schedule: 2nd or 3rd Shift Available
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Responsibilities:
- Design mechanical, electrical, and control systems within the department to enhance manufacturing capabilities.
- Enhance existing machine tools and manufacturing processes to increase uptime, improve quality, and boost productivity.
- Support manufacturing by overseeing production equipment and processes, assigning projects and tasks to maintenance/engineering technicians.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives to meet plant-wide requirements and improve operational efficiency.
- Support and drive continual improvement programs such as 5S, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Kaizen activities.
- Train production associates and maintenance technicians on new technologies and updated manufacturing processes.
- Adhere to Quality Management System (QMS) and Environmental Management System (EMS) guidelines.
- Manage capital projects from planning and procurement to installation, commissioning, and handover to operations.
- Lead plant shutdown projects to ensure smooth and efficient maintenance activities
- Collaborate with plant, technical support, maintenance, and manufacturing teams to achieve plant goals including safety, quality, productivity, growth, housekeeping, and teamwork.
- 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.
Shift Schedule: 2nd or 3rd Shift Available
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