Instrument & Controls Technician

Location: Hope Hull

Position Summary None exempt: (overtime is paid with this role)
We are hiring an experienced Instrumentation & Electrical Controls Engineer to support the reliability, troubleshooting, maintenance, and continuous improvement of automated production and bottling equipment.

This position is ideal for someone with hands-on experience in Allen-Bradley PLCs, Rockwell Automation control systems, industrial instrumentation, SCADA, VFDs, servo drives, electrical troubleshooting, and process controls.

The engineer will work closely with maintenance, engineering, production, and operations teams to diagnose equipment problems, improve control systems, reduce downtime, optimize production performance, and support preventive maintenance activities.

Key Responsibilities Troubleshoot and interpret Allen-Bradley PLC code within the Rockwell Automation environment

Diagnose, repair, test, calibrate, and adjust industrial instrumentation, electrical circuits, automation systems, and control equipment

Support pressure, temperature, flow, level, proximity, and detection instrumentation

Troubleshoot automated bottling and packaging equipment, including fillers, labelers, laser coders, conveyors, palletizers, label detection systems, sensors, and material-handling equipment

Troubleshoot, tune, and optimize process control loops

Support both batch and continuous manufacturing processes

Identify and resolve electrical, instrumentation, processing, and production equipment problems

Optimize SCADA, DCS, HMI, operator control screens, and production interfaces

Troubleshoot Allen-Bradley VFDs, servo drives, motors, industrial networks, and remote I/O systems

Read and interpret electrical schematics, instrumentation drawings, loop diagrams, P&IDs, logic diagrams, functional specifications, and control narratives

Perform instrumentation and electrical preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and asset-care activities

Conduct root cause analysis and document corrective actions for equipment failures and recurring downtime

Maintain accurate work orders, preventive maintenance records, equipment history, and parts usage within SAP PM or another CMMSMaintain electrical and instrumentation spare-parts inventories and assist with ordering critical replacement components

Train maintenance technicians and production team members on controls, instrumentation, troubleshooting, and equipment operation

Work collaboratively with maintenance technicians, engineers, operators, vendors, and cross-functional improvement teams

Support continuous improvement projects focused on equipment reliability, yield improvement, waste reduction, quality, safety, and production efficiency

Help the facility meet or exceed safety, reliability, quality, productivity, and operational performance KPIsRequired Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Instrumentation, Automation, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent technical work experience

At least two years of industrial instrumentation, electrical maintenance, controls, or automation experience

At least two years of experience working with Rockwell Automation or Allen-Bradley control systems

Strong hands-on experience troubleshooting Allen-Bradley PLCsDemonstrated ability to troubleshoot, calibrate, maintain, and repair industrial process instrumentation

Experience working with SCADA, DCS, HMI, or industrial control systems

Working knowledge of Allen-Bradley VFDs, servo drives, motors, sensors, and control components

Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, P&IDs, instrumentation drawings, loop diagrams, and PLC logic

Familiarity with industrial communication networks such as Ethernet/IP, Profibus, Device Net, Control Net, DH+, and Remote I/OKnowledge of current electrical codes, regulations, lockout/tagout procedures, and safe electrical work practices

Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, documentation, teamwork, and communication skills

Ability to work safely and effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Preferred Experience SAP PM, SAP CMMS, or another computerized maintenance management system

Bottling, beverage, food manufacturing, packaging, consumer products, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, or other high-speed automated manufacturing experience

Control-loop tuning and process-control optimization

Experience supporting fillers, labelers, coders, palletizers, conveyors, packaging machines, and automated production lines

Experience training maintenance technicians or operators

Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is a hands-on controls, instrumentation, and electrical troubleshooting professional who can quickly diagnose production problems, interpret PLC logic, work safely around energized industrial equipment, and collaborate with maintenance and operations teams to improve equipment reliability.

Relevant job titles may include:

Instrumentation Engineer, Electrical Controls Engineer, Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer,…