Senior PLC Technician

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🔥 17 hours ago

🦌 Connecticut, District of Columbia, +21 more states – Remote

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💵 $40 - $65 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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ABB

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🚗 Transport

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

Consulting • Logistics • Transport

<ABB> ABB is a global technology company specializing in electrification, industrial automation, robotics, motion, and power products and services. It designs, manufactures and services hardware such as motors, drives, medium- and low-voltage equipment, transformers, EV charging infrastructure, and robotic systems, and provides software and lifecycle services to utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure customers to improve efficiency and enable a low-carbon, digitally connected future.

📋 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