PLC Programmer

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The world isn’t standing still, and neither is ATS Life Sciences - We don’t follow the trends. We set them! Are you interested in being part of a team that makes a difference? Join our growing ATS Life Sciences Systems team, a division of ATS Corporation, a publicly traded global enterprise with a proud history, we are helping advance the future with our factory-wide automation solutions.

Within Life Sciences Systems, what we do matters – we custom design, build and service critical automated solutions for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. We are dedicated to assisting our customers in improving the quality of life for people around the world. When there is no room for error, and product failure is not an option, leading life sciences companies trust us to resolve their production challenges.

Join a high-performing automation team where you’ll electrical engineer and optimize control systems in real-world environments - ensuring reliability, precision, and peak machine performance.

• 3-6% employee bonus (based on individual and divisional performance)
• 5% RRSP match
• Stock purchase plan
• Starting 3 weeks of vacation
• Benefits package (health and dental) + $600 health spending account
• Half-Day Fridays
• Expand your horizons through travel and global experiences.
• Continuous learning and career growth with global mobility opportunities.
• A chance to contribute to something bigger - advancing the future of healthcare through automation.

The Field Service Representative (Controls) will be responsible for the design, development, troubleshooting, and documentation of complete control programs for custom automation equipment. Programming of control systems using PLC’s, PC’s, servo drives, robots, and other specialized controllers is a requirement. Skilled in troubleshooting of electrical controls and mechanical mechanisms. As part of the After Sales Service team, the incumbent will often work independently on customer site and will be responsible for organizing, communicating and completing work on time and as planned.

This position will be rotated through periods of travel and services work, and periods where integrated into our system build process where they will develop deeper knowledge of specific systems to become subject matter experts to support our customers throughout the life cycle of their systems.

• Develop and program software (PLC and/or PC based) specific to customer requirements.
• Troubleshoot controls and electrical equipment at the customer’s facility and make the necessary adjustments to bring equipment up to running status.
• Utilize in depth knowledge of ATS technology to recommend efficient and cost effective solutions to customer needs.
• Report, troubleshoot and correct abnormal equipment conditions.
• Organize, communicate and complete work as per the project plan and customer requirements.
• Monitor for and act on opportunities to suggest additional tools or equipment necessary to better operate or maintain customer equipment.
• Travel to both domestic and international customer locations for long and short-term support.
• Travel is typically 50 to 60%, but there could be periods of higher travel requests during service rotations per year.
• When required, lead on-site teams in the execution of project plans at customer site.
• Act as a liaison for the on-site team, ATS Project Management and the customer, ensuring project plans are communicated, and executed as per customer requirements and ATS agreement.
• Coordinate third-party vendors and assist to resolve technical issues as required.
• Complete detailed Service Report for the services provided on a daily/weekly basis. Ensure customer issues have been resolved through follow-up communication and project/case closure if required.
• Participate in the rotational on-call remote support phone, providing 24 hour remote support to our customers when required by the business.
• Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.
• During integration into Systems…