Senior PLC Field Service Technician – Data Center Power Systems

🔥 3 hours ago

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $40 - $65 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔧 Field Service Engineer

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ABB

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10,000+ employees

⚡ Energy

🏭 Manufacturing

🔧 Hardware

💰 $545.9M Post-IPO Debt - ABB on 2023-11

Energy • Manufacturing • Hardware

ABB is a global technology and engineering company focused on electrification, industrial automation, and motion (electrical motors, drives, robotics and related systems). The company provides products, systems and services for electrification, power and automation across sectors such as buildings and infrastructure, industrial automation, marine and ports, oil & gas, and power generation, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainable solutions.

📋 Description

• Provide independent technical leadership for pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modification, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of ABB paralleling switchgear and controls in mission-critical power applications • 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, including open- and closed-transition sequences, transfers, load add/shed, utility-generator paralleling, import/export, and baseload applications • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls, load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and communications • Perform authorized modifications and advanced troubleshooting 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-delivery 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, paralleling 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 to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments based on project demand • 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 • Preferred experience with GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs and Proficy Machine Edition; ABB AC500 and Automation Builder; CP600 HMI/Panel Builder; Cimplicity or comparable supervisory platforms • Preferred experience with Woodward EasyGen and LS5 generator controls and load-sharing systems • Preferred experience with ABB, SEL/Schweitzer, Multilin, Basler, or Woodward protective relays and associated testing or configuration tools • Preferred experience with Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA integration • Preferred 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 • Preferred experience with utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, data center commissioning, and coordination with third-party commissioning agents

🏖️ Benefits

• Overtime and double time eligible • Choice between two medical plan options: a PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus • Vision benefit • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay) • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay) • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid; ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay • Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (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

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