Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician

Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician

Job Category
:
Engineering

Requisition Number
: AUTOM
002949

• Posted :
  February 16, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Plant:
Springfield, OR
475 28th St
Springfield, OR 97477, USA

Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician, Springfield OR

Arclin, Inc. is seeking an Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician for our Springfield Oregon facility. The Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician is responsible for the daily maintenance of the plant’s automation instruments, industrial local area network and infrastructure to include regular cleaning, calibration and replacement as necessary. The Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician is also responsible for providing instrumentation, automation and electrical expertise to the manufacturing operation, maintaining a knowledge base of automation systems and computer hardware/software packages used in manufacturing processes and providing assistance to the manufacturing site in the maintenance and development of general instrumentation and automated control systems for resin/formaldehyde production.

Automation and Controls Maintenance Technician,

Job Responsibilities:

• Install, program, and maintain all plant instrumentation and controls/control systems including daily field preventative maintenance activities.
• Actively troubleshoot electrical instrumentation and controls issues.
• Coordinate and perform calibrations for all instruments as per documented schedules and maintain records in a professional manner.
• Align plant site automation control systems with Arclin quality control systems and software to ensure continuity of data.
• Serve as primary auditor for all electrical controls contractor work, and as initiator for site Management of Change (MOC) for relevant work.
• Generate and maintain documentation associated with control systems such as ladder logic and wiring diagrams.
• Read and redline P&IDs, loop sheets, and electrical drawings.
• Additional support for general plant equipment, including Variable Frequency Drives, PLCs, and other electronic equipment.
• Complete work assigned by the Plant Engineer or designee.
• Advise Plant Engineer, Production Department supervisors, Plant Maintenance team, and Corporate Automation Engineering of necessary instrumentation and PLC upgrades and modifications; work cooperatively to schedule these activities.
• Collaborate on the preparation of engineering analysis for projects including preliminary design, detailed design, project cost analysis, life cycle cost analysis, and general equipment as related to process controls instrumentation and supporting devices.
• Plan and manage