Automation Maintenance Lead – Allen-Bradley​/Siemens PLCs & VFDs

Automation Maintenance Lead – Allen-Bradley / Siemens PLCs & VFDs

Up to $38.00/hr + Shift Differentials & Bonuses Greater Milwaukee, WI All Shifts Available Direct-Hire

• Pay &
  
  Incentives:
  
  Baseline starting pay up to $38.00/hour (scaling directly with technical depth) + competitive shift differentials, multiple corporate performance bonuses throughout the year, profit sharing, and full corporate benefits package.
• Work Pattern/
  
  Schedule:
  
  Choice of traditional shifts (Monday – Friday): 1st Shift (7:00 AM – 3:00 PM), 2nd Shift (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM), or 3rd Shift (11:00 PM – 7:00 AM).
• Environment & Company Profile:
  Direct-hire seat with an established market leader in Greater Milwaukee; high-tech, collaborative facility featuring a high-autonomy, non-micromanaged shop floor culture, exceptional employee appreciation, and a zero-layoff history.
• Core Functional Scope:
  Real-time mechanical/electrical/pneumatic diagnostics, Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLC fault-tracing, robotics, AC/DC electrical up to 480V, VFDs, pneumatics, and schematic/ladder logic tracing.
• Strict Requirements & Authorization:
  Requires 3+ years of hands‑on industrial equipment maintenance, US work authorization (U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder), and a local commute within 45 minutes of Greater Milwaukee, WI.

If you are an industrial maintenance professional looking for a stable, high-autonomy career home where your trade skills are respected and micromanagement is left at the door, this is your ideal destination. Operating out of a premier manufacturing facility in the Greater Milwaukee area, this market leader has built a reputation for being genuinely employee-friendly, collaborative, and financially rock-solid.

This role provides a rare opportunity to secure the exact work schedule that fits your life, with openings actively available across all three traditional Monday-through-Friday shifts. You won't just be swapping parts; you will take true technical ownership of complex automation lines, advanced robotic cells, and high-speed processing machinery. Backed by regular profit sharing, performance bonuses, and a history of zero layoffs, this is an environment where technicians regularly plant roots and stay for decades.

• Diagnose Automated Production Lines:
  Execute real-time mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic diagnostics to keep automated machinery, processing lines, and robotic cells running at peak efficiency.
• Navigate PLC Logic & Controls:
  Interface directly with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs to trace input/output faults, isolate software/hardware errors, and clear production line stoppages.
• Trace Schematics & Drawings:
  Utilize complex electrical blueprints, ladder logic, and mechanical drawings to perform emergency breakdown repairs and structured preventative maintenance sequences.
• Maintain Fluid Power Systems:
  Service, rebuild, and optimize heavy‑duty pneumatic valves, cylinders, regulators, and distribution lines.
• Service AC/DC Drives & Power Distribution:
  Work safely with industrial power systems up to 480V, electric motors, variable frequency drives (VFDs), sensors, and low-voltage control circuits.
• Execute Machinery Fabrication:
  Perform light structural welding, torching, and metal fabrication to adapt, modify, or repair production equipment components.

• 3+ Years Industrial Maintenance Depth:
  Verifiable hands‑on track record servicing and repairing high-speed production machinery, custom automation, or heavy industrial equipment.
• Automation & PLC Diagnostic
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrated familiarity working around automated equipment, including basic navigation, I/O monitoring, and error tracing in PLC environments.
• Schematic & Electrical…