Process Controls Technician

Process Control Technician (2nd Shift)

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Monday to Friday | $24 to $32 per hour

About The Role

Our client, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, is seeking a Process Control Technician to keep production automation running reliably and in compliance. You will support, troubleshoot, program, and manage changes to controls systems across manufacturing equipment and facility utilities, working within US and EU cGMP standards.

What You Will Do

Maintenance and Troubleshooting (about half of your time)

• Diagnose and repair PLC and PC-based controls, HMIs, robotics components, and control network hardware
• Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance, including battery swaps and scheduled program backups
• Service motor control equipment such as starters, VFDs, DC drives, and related electrical components
• Troubleshoot control circuits and systems up to 480V 3-phase, 110 VAC, and 24VDC
• Replace parts and restore settings or programs so equipment stays in a validated, controlled state
  
  

Technical Work (about 30%)

• Read, interpret, and edit ladder logic across multiple PLC platforms
• Perform routine and ad hoc program backups, and build and maintain a program archive for site systems
• Read mechanical and electrical drawings
• Gather data and prepare documentation to support capital project requests and their execution
  
  

Project and Compliance Support (about 20%)

• Contribute to controls improvements, from simple wiring and component swaps to full system upgrades
• Support change control, validation, deviations, and CAPAs
• Partner with IT on control system infrastructure
• Work with vendors to design, build, qualify, and maintain automation systems
  
  

Required

What You Bring

• 3 to 7 years of experience designing, programming, and testing control and automation systems in a pharma, biotech, lab, R&D, or pilot plant setting
• Hands-on PLC and HMI programming experience, including motion control programming, testing, and debugging
• Working knowledge of Rockwell (RSLogix 5000, MicroLogix, CompactLogix) and Siemens platforms, plus servo and stepper drives
• Experience with loop checks, startup, commissioning, and troubleshooting in an industrial environment
• Ability to understand control philosophy and write functional requirement specifications
• Familiarity with engineering documentation standards in a cGMP environment
• Solid knowledge of P&IDs and instrumentation, and of analog and discrete control methods
• Electrical design and layout experience (power distribution, I/O, sensors) and familiarity with NEC, NFPA 79, and IEC 60204-1
• Strong communication skills, the ability to juggle competing priorities, and a self-directed, hands-on approach
  
  

Preferred

• FactoryTalk (Batch, View SE, View ME) or Wonderware
• iFix, PI Historian, Wonderware MES, Siemens S7, WinCC, or APOGEE
• Building automation system (BAS) experience