Facilities Controls Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled Facilities Controls Technician to join our Facilities Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, calibrating, and optimizing critical instrumentation, control systems, and automation infrastructure across our facility. You will ensure maximum reliability, precision, and efficiency for critical building and industrial control environments.

Key Responsibilities

Calibration & Instrumentation Maintenance

• Perform routine calibration, testing, and verification of instrumentation including pressure, temperature, humidity, flow, and level sensors.
• Maintain and repair transmitters, actuators, control valves, positioners, and analytical instruments.
• Ensure accuracy and rigorous documentation of all calibration activities following company and industry standards.

Automation & Control Systems Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and repair issues in PLC-based systems, HMIs, VFDs, and distributed control architectures.
• Troubleshoot complex failures in control loops, safety interlocks, communication networks, and automation hardware.
• Assist in implementing logic updates, parameter adjustments, and functional testing of control sequences.
• Support industrial communication protocols including Modbus, EtherNet/IP, Profibus, or equivalent networks.
• Maintain and support SCADA platforms to ensure accurate real-time data monitoring and historical logging.
• Respond promptly to system alarms and control events, executing corrective action to minimize facility downtime.

Commissioning, Upgrades & Documentation

• Assist with startup, commissioning, and functional testing of new instrumentation and control systems.
• Verify device scaling, signal integrity, loop direction, control logic, and alarm configurations.
• Coordinate with engineering teams, external contractors, and vendors during commissioning, system upgrades, and retrofits.
• Maintain complete and accurate records—including calibration logs, wiring diagrams, loop sheets, and control configurations—using our Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Provide essential technical support during planned facility shutdowns, system transitions, process troubleshooting, and major equipment overhauls.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in instrumentation, controls, or automation maintenance within an industrial, manufacturing, or critical facility environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of SCADA platforms, sensors, transmitters, control valves, PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and industrial communication protocols.
• Documentation: Proven ability to read, interpret, and update P&IDs, control wiring diagrams, loop sheets, and automation documentation.
• Maintenance Skills: Demonstrated experience using calibration equipment and executing preventive maintenance on I&C devices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification in instrumentation or controls (e.g., ISA CCST, Industrial Automation Certificate, or equivalent).
• Direct experience with Building Management Systems (BMS), SCADA, or Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS).
• Background in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced technology facilities, cleanrooms, or high-reliability mission-critical environments.
• Experience with PLC/HMI controls programming support or advanced system troubleshooting.
• Work with Greenfield Projects

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Ability to work in varied environmental conditions, including outdoor weather, mechanical spaces, rooftops, and equipment rooms.
• Ability to work in awkward physical positions, climb ladders, and maneuver through tight equipment areas.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, or carry up to 50 lbs unassisted.

Premier Staffing Firm

Company Description

Premier Staffing Firm