Senior PLC Technician

Job Description:

• Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay transfer schemes
• Lead functional and integrated testing of emergency/standby power systems
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls, load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and communications
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and authorized modifications of PLC ladder logic, PLC I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters
• Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, and customer BMS/EPMS/SCADA communications
• Interpret one-line diagrams, schematics, interconnection drawings, sequence-of-operations documents, coordination studies, settings files, and commissioning procedures
• Lead on-site technical execution, coordinate daily work, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support on-time, on-budget project completion
• Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians
• Serve as a senior escalation resource for remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency response
• Complete field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entry, expense reporting, and customer-facing status updates
• Protect ABB and customer assets, control job costs, and identify quality, productivity, and service improvements
• Build customer relationships by translating technical findings into actions, recommendations, risks, and recovery plans

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED with 7+ years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor degree with 5+ years in a related field
• Demonstrated independent field capability on highly complex assignments
• Advanced experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and mission-critical power systems
• Hands-on experience leading startup and commissioning activities, coordinating energization and switching, troubleshooting under schedule pressure, and directing multi-person site teams
• Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex electrical and control drawings and apply approved engineering methods in the field
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, customer communication, technical reporting, and field leadership skills
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments
• Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment requirements
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable
• Preferred experience with ABB Energy Commander or comparable paralleling switchgear and controls
• Experience with GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs, Proficy Machine Edition, ABB AC500, Automation Builder, CP600 HMI/Panel Builder, Cimplicity, or comparable platforms
• Experience with Woodward EasyGen and LS5 generator controls and load-sharing systems
• Experience with ABB, SEL/Schweitzer, Multilin, Basler, or Woodward protective relays and testing/configuration tools
• Experience with Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA integration
• Experience with low- and medium-voltage breaker testing, CT/PT verification, relay testing, primary/secondary injection, turns-ratio, winding-resistance, insulation, power-factor, hipot, phase-rotation, and related commissioning test equipment
• Experience with utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, data center commissioning, and third-party commissioning coordination

Benefits:

• Comprehensive travel accommodations, lodging, and per diem
• Choice between two medical plan options
• Choice between two dental plan options
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D
• Short Term Disability — up to 26 weeks — Company paid
• Long Term Disability — 60% of pay — Company paid, with buy-up option to 66 2/3%
• Supplemental benefits: accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Parental Leave — up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program
• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
• 11 paid holidays
• Vacation based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions
• Tools and freedom to grow skills and shape career path