Automation, Controls & Electronics Technologist; Centennial

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Date: 24 Sept 2026

Location: Centennial, CO, US, 80112

Company: Orica

You’ll work with PLCs, industrial networks, instrumentation, electrical and electronic control systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), and manufacturing technologies that are critical to safe and reliable operations. This role offers exposure to complex industrial environments, advanced automation technologies, and opportunities to influence the future of manufacturing performance and reliability.

We encourage applications from candidates with backgrounds in:

Work on Complex, High-Impact Systems

Support automation, electronics, and control systems across multiple manufacturing sites, gaining exposure to a broad range of technologies and operational challenges.

Expand Your Technical Expertise

Collaborate with automation, engineering, asset management, reliability, and functional safety specialists across North America and globally. Participate in technical communities that drive innovation and standardization..

Make a Difference

You’ll play a key role in improving safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations while helping modernize industrial technology across the business.

• Support and maintain industrial control, automation, instrumentation, and electronic systems across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical, electronic, instrumentation, networking, and control system issues.
• Support PLC, HMI, SCADA, DCS, and related automation platforms.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize field devices including sensors, transmitters, analyzers, actuators, and control panels.
• Support industrial communication networks and connected manufacturing technologies.
• Develop and maintain control philosophies, loop drawings, control narratives, system documentation, and automation configurations.
• Support historian systems, data integrity, backups, and digitalization initiatives.
• Participate in root cause investigations and reliability improvement activities.
• Provide technical support to production, maintenance, engineering, projects, and operational teams.
• Lead or support Management of Change (MOC) activities involving automation, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Collaborate with site and project teams to identify automation, reliability, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Support functional safety and process control programs as required.
• Partner with global technical experts to share best practices and advance automation capabilities across the business.

Required

• 3+ years of experience supporting industrial automation, controls, instrumentation, industrial electronics, electrical systems, or related manufacturing technologies.
• Experience with one or more of the following:

• PLC systems
• HMI/SCADA platforms
• DCS platforms
• Industrial instrumentation
• Electronic control systems
• Industrial networking technologies

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in a manufacturing, industrial, or process environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and operational stakeholders.
• Diploma, Associate Degree, Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent technical qualification in:
• Electrical Engineering Technology
• Electronics Engineering Technology
• Mechatronics
• Automation Engineering Technology
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Instrumentation & Control Engineering

Comparable technical disciplines.

Preferred

• Experience as an:

• Experience with platforms such as:

• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols including Ethernet/IP, Modbus,…