Controls Engineer- 3rd shift

Automation & Controls Engineer

Location: Glendale, Arizona
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Shift: Night Shift
Industry: High-Speed Beverage Manufacturing

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Automation & Controls Engineer to support a large, highly automated manufacturing facility in Glendale, Arizona.

This is a hands-on controls position responsible for supporting production equipment, troubleshooting automation issues, improving equipment reliability, and executing controls and automation projects.

The facility operates high-speed production and packaging systems, including filling, canning, conveying, packaging, palletizing, robotic material handling, and process equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on automation and controls support for production and process equipment.
• Troubleshoot Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, instrumentation, industrial networks, sensors, and electrical control systems.
• Diagnose equipment failures using PLC logic, I/O, electrical schematics, and system data.
• Perform PLC programming, troubleshooting, modifications, and controls optimization.
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 troubleshooting support during equipment failures and production downtime.
• Support high-speed automated equipment including fillers, seamers, conveyors, packaging equipment, palletizers, and robotic systems.
• Identify recurring equipment and controls issues and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Support automation upgrades, equipment installations, commissioning, and continuous-improvement projects.
• Work closely with maintenance, engineering, operations, and equipment manufacturers.
• Provide technical guidance and controls support to maintenance technicians.
• Participate in management-of-change processes and maintain appropriate controls documentation.
• Support plant-wide automation systems as needed.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Allen-Bradley PLC experience.
• Strong PLC programming and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Experience working with industrial HMIs, VFDs, instrumentation, sensors, and automated control systems.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose problems through PLC logic and field I/O.
• Experience supporting automated manufacturing or process equipment.
• Experience with high-speed production, packaging, bottling, canning, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical/process, or similar manufacturing environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment under production conditions where uptime and response time are critical.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with maintenance technicians, engineers, operations personnel, and OEM/vendor teams.
• Availability to work the designated night-shift schedule.

Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following is highly valuable:

• High-speed canning or bottling equipment
• Filling and seaming systems
• Conveyors and material handling
• Packaging equipment
• Robotics and robotic integration
• Palletizers and depalletizers
• Servo systems and VFDs
• Process controls and instrumentation
• Food and beverage manufacturing
• High-speed automated production environments

This position is ideal for an Automation & Controls Engineer who enjoys being hands-on with equipment and PLCs while also contributing to automation improvements, equipment reliability, and engineering projects.