Senior Process Tech-Controls

Our Controls Fabrication team plays a critical role in ensuring high-quality products are built, tested, and delivered on time to support our customers and field operations. As a Senior Process Technician, Controls
, you will combine hands-on technical expertise with production planning and coordination responsibilities to help drive manufacturing efficiency and execution.

In this role, you will coordinate daily controls fabrication schedules while assembling, testing, programming, and labeling electronic control components and kits. Acting as a key liaison between Controls Assembly, Field Services, Purchasing, and Warehouse/Logistics, you will help ensure materials are available, production priorities remain aligned, and finished products meet quality and delivery expectations.

The ideal candidate enjoys balancing technical work with planning, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration. You will also play an important role in supporting new product introductions, improving standard work processes, and helping the team achieve operational excellence.

• Plan and coordinate controls fabrication activities, including assembly, testing, and delivery schedules.
• Assemble electronic and mechanical control systems using engineering drawings, work instructions, hand tools, and power tools.
• Program, configure, and test controls and electronic components using designated software and testing equipment.
• Monitor production priorities and adjust schedules to support changing business and customer requirements.
• Coordinate closely with Field Services, Purchasing, and Warehouse/Logistics teams to ensure material availability and timely order fulfillment.
• Provide regular status updates on production schedules, project progress, and potential risks.
• Support the introduction of new and modified products into manufacturing operations.
• Develop, review, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and process documentation.
• Ensure compliance with all quality, safety, regulatory, and product requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Previous manufacturing experience.
• Experience using computer systems for data entry, production tracking, inventory transactions, or material management activities.
• Experience safely operating hand tools and power tools in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong commitment to workplace safety and quality standards.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing production schedules.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Basic verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with employees across multiple departments and functional areas.

• Experience planning, scheduling, or coordinating manufacturing or fabrication activities.
• General knowledge of electrical, controls, or automation systems.
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, blueprints, work instructions, and manufacturing procedures.
• Experience assembling, testing, troubleshooting, or programming electronic control systems or products.
• Forklift certification or operating experience.
• Experience supporting new product introductions, process improvements, or continuous improvement initiatives.

This position is ideal for a technically minded manufacturing professional who enjoys hands-on work, coordinating production activities, solving problems, and contributing to a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

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