Principal Controls Technician (PLC & Advanced Robotics Specialist)

Principal Controls Technician (PLC & Advanced Robotics Specialist)

$43.00/hr + Multiple Annual Bonuses Brown Deer, WI Area Elite 1st Shift Join a market-leading manufacturing innovator celebrated for an employee-centric culture and high retention Step into a high-visibility, technical SME role offering a rare Monday-Friday day shift with a clear leadership path

If you have spent nearly a decade solving the industry's most complex automation and automation roadblocks, this is the role that respects your technical legacy. Our client is a rapidly growing, market-leading manufacturer renowned for its employee-first philosophy and technical innovation. While most controls positions demand exhausting on-call hours and rotating night shifts, this senior-level position offers a highly desirable, stable Monday-through-Friday day shift.

The organization is famous for its exceptional employee retention, largely because they treat their staff as a premier assetoffering multiple bonuses throughout the year and a team-oriented environment free of typical corporate politics. This is an ideal destination for a technical expert looking for stability, sophisticated high-tech challenges with robotics, and a long-term home where deep automation expertise is highly valued and rewarded.

What You Will Be Doing

• Performing advanced diagnostics and precision repairs on high-capacity industrial automation, complex robotics, and integrated manufacturing lines
• Acting as the floor's Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs, executing advanced troubleshooting, monitoring code, and optimizing system logic
• Reading and interpreting intricate mechanical blueprints and sophisticated electrical schematics to resolve high-level system failures and intermittent control issues
• Executing comprehensive preventative maintenance and repairs on multi-phase AC/DC electrical distribution systems, advanced pneumatics, and high-pressure hydraulic circuits
• Utilizing precision welding and fabrication skills to modify machine structures, reinforce assemblies, or repair critical machine components on-site
• Collaborating closely with production management to drive down downtime and providing technical mentorship and coaching to junior maintenance technicians

What We Are Looking For

• Automation Legacy: 8 or more years of industrial machinery maintenance experience, specifically operating within a high-volume, automated manufacturing environment
• Control Systems Mastery: Proven, hands-on mastery troubleshooting automated machinery, variable frequency drives (VFDs), and robotics, including active PLC diagnostic experience with Allen Bradley or Siemens platforms
• Schematic Literacy: Advanced proficiency in tracing complex multi-page electrical schematics and mechanical assembly drawings
• Fluid Power & Electrical: A strong, comprehensive background managing industrial pneumatics, hydraulics, and complex AC/DC electrical systems
• Welding Skill: Demonstrated welding and fabrication experience as it relates directly to heavy machinery repair and structural modifications
• Stability: A reliable, long-term employment history; our client is looking for a dedicated technical pillar and avoids frequent job-hoppers
• Requirements: Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder residing within a 45-minute drive of the Brown Deer area