Senior PLC Technician

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Provide autonomous technical leadership for pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modifications, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of ABB paralleling switchgear and controls.

• Plan, organize, and execute intricate field assignments related to paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay transfer schemes.

• Oversee functional and integrated testing of emergency/standby power systems, including transition sequences, transfers, load management, utility-generator paralleling, import/export, and baseload applications.

• Configure, validate, and troubleshoot generator controls, load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and communication systems.

• Implement authorized modifications and advanced troubleshooting of PLC ladder logic, I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters.

• Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA communication systems.

• 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 operations, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support project completion.

• Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians.

• Act as a senior escalation resource for remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency responses.

• Complete field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entries, expense reporting, and customer status updates.

• Safeguard ABB and customer assets, manage job costs, and identify opportunities for quality, productivity, and service enhancements.

• Cultivate customer relationships by translating technical findings into actionable insights, recommendations, risks, and recovery strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• High school diploma or GED combined with over 7 years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor’s degree with more than 5 years in a related domain.

• Proven capability to manage highly complex field assignments.

• Advanced expertise with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and critical power systems.

• Extensive experience in leading startup and commissioning tasks, coordinating power-up and switching operations, resolving issues under tight deadlines, and overseeing multi-person site teams.

• Proficient in reading, interpreting, and redlining complex electrical and control drawings, applying approved engineering methods in the field.

• Strong problem-solving, reporting, client communication, and field coordination skills.

• Willingness to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended periods.

• Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment standards.

• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable.

• Preferred experience with ABB Energy Commander or equivalent paralleling switchgear and controls.

• Preferred experience with GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs, Proficy Machine Edition, ABB AC500, Automation Builder, CP600 HMI/Panel Builder, Cimplicity, or similar 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 testing/configuration tools.

• Preferred experience with Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA integration.

• Preferred experience with 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 in utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, data center commissioning, and interactions with third-party commissioning agents.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive travel accommodations, lodging, and per diem.

• Two medical plan options: PPO Copay Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account.

• 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 options available.

• Short-Term Disability coverage for up to 26 weeks, company-paid.

• Long-Term Disability at 60% of pay, company-paid, with the option to buy up to 66 2/3%.

• Supplemental benefits including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.

• Parental Leave for up to 6 weeks.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Health Advocate support resources.

• Employee discount program.

• 401k Savings Plan with company contributions.

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

• 11 paid holidays.

• Vacation entitlement based on years of service.

• Tools and opportunities to enhance skills and shape career paths.