Process Packaging Automation Technician

Lead automation troubleshooting in Toronto as Solina’s Process and Packaging Automation Technician, supporting PLCs, HMIs, networks, and control systems.

Reporting to the Maintenance Director, this technician serves as the plant’s automation subject matter expert. The focus is reliable manufacturing and packaging operations, not primarily project engineering. The position supports Maintenance, Production, Quality, Engineering, OEMs, and service providers while maintaining safe, efficient control systems.

• Diagnose PLC, HMI, network, VFD, sensor, and instrumentation issues
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions
• Maintain automation backups, documentation, and software revisions
• Support process and packaging equipment reliability and availability
• Coordinate commissioning, validation, upgrades, FAT, and SAT activities

• Diploma or degree in automation, electrical, electronics, or industrial automation
• Minimum five years of hands-on industrial automation experience
• Manufacturing production troubleshooting experience
• Rockwell Automation and Siemens PLC experience
• Industrial Ethernet, instrumentation, schematics, and VFD experience

Apply automation expertise across Solina’s Toronto plant, strengthening equipment uptime, technical support, documentation, and control-system reliability.