Industrial Automation Maintenance Technician (PLC/Drives)

Pro Services

  • Corsicana, TX
  • 1 day ago
  • $34–$38 Per Hour

Highlights

Customer: A leader in food, beverage, and specialty packaging serving foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processors, grocery and retail, and industrial customers. Intermediate electrical skill as your primary strength: control voltage, single phase, and 480V three phase; confident meter use; cabinet troubleshooting; reading diagrams and schematics.

Numbers & Facts

LocationCorsicana, TX
Salary$34–$38 Per Hour

Description

Bring Lines Back to Life — Industrial Automation Maintenance Technician

Why this contract matters

When a production line halts in a 24/7 food and specialty packaging plant, seconds count. As a Pro Services employee on contract in Corsicana, TX, you will be the person teammates call when electrical and controls issues stop the show — and you will be the one who gets it running safely again.

Is this you

  • Do you instinctively reach for your meter, pull a print, and start narrowing faults across 0–24V control circuits, 110–240V single phase, and 480V three phase
  • Can you open a cabinet, check I/O health, and verify whether it is the device, the wiring, or the program
  • Are you comfortable connecting your laptop to review ladder logic and using the HMI to zero in on the real issue
  • Do you have the mechanical touch to swap a hydraulic cylinder, replace a gearbox, or tune a pneumatic actuator

Where you will work

  • Customer: A leader in food, beverage, and specialty packaging serving foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processors, grocery and retail, and industrial customers.
  • Plant: Round-the-clock extrusion and packaging with four maintenance crews, each balanced across mechanical, electrical, and controls, and led by an experienced lead.
  • Environment: Highly reactive, fast-paced, and team-oriented. Safety, Integrity, Pride, and Teamwork are lived every shift.

What you will do

  • Own rapid troubleshooting to minimize downtime in a 24/7 operation.
  • Diagnose electrical issues from cabinet to field devices; read schematics; perform cabinet-level troubleshooting.
  • Repair and replace motors, servos, VFDs, transformers, relays, I/O modules, wiring, and sensors.
  • Troubleshoot PLCs at hardware level and in software by reviewing ladder logic; use HMIs to aid diagnostics.
  • Service extrusion hydraulics: pumps, valves, pressure sensors, and pre-built cylinder changeouts.
  • Maintain pneumatic systems on packaging equipment.
  • Inspect, service, and replace bearings and gearboxes.
  • Follow GMP and plant safety rules; pick up weekday PM work when offered and scheduled 1–2 weeks ahead.

What you bring

  • 4+ years in industrial maintenance with minimal supervision required.
  • Intermediate electrical skill as your primary strength: control voltage, single phase, and 480V three phase; confident meter use; cabinet troubleshooting; reading diagrams and schematics.
  • Experience with motors, servos, VFDs, transformers, relays, I/O modules, wiring, and sensors.
  • PLC troubleshooting at hardware and software levels, including laptop access to ladder logic.
  • HMI experience.
  • Intermediate mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic ability.
  • GMP familiarity.
  • Ability to work a 12-hour rotating 2-2-3 schedule, alternating days and nights every two weeks and covering every other weekend.

Bonus points

  • Advanced electrical, hydraulic, or pneumatic depth.
  • PLC programming capability.
  • Experience with Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Yaskawa, ABB, or Mitsubishi; knowledge of Logix 5000 or Studio 5000.
  • Hydraulic accumulator know-how.
  • Robot troubleshooting exposure.
  • Mechanical rebuilds; reading mechanical diagrams; shafts and seals work.
  • Exposure to conveyors or corrugated systems.
  • Experience with positive displacement, air diaphragm, or centrifugal pumps.

Onboarding that gets you productive fast

  • Day 1: Plant orientation then into the maintenance department.
  • First 3–4 weeks: Day shift with senior core technicians.
  • Training on CMMS, parts location, plant layout, and supported equipment.
  • Safety emphasis at every step.

What you get

  • Pay: $34–$38 per hour, weekly paycheck.
  • Ownership: Pro Services is an employee-owned ESOP company.
  • Benefits: Medical premiums 100% paid by Pro Services starting Day 1 for single and family plans; vision and dental coverage; matching 401(k); vacation and holiday pay.
  • Schedule: 2-2-3 rotation, 7:00 AM–7:00 PM or 7:00 PM–7:00 AM; rotate every two weeks between days and nights. Every other weekend is a three-day workweek; the alternate weekend is three days off.
  • Overtime: Available but not standard; typically for vacation coverage, call-offs, or weekday PMs.

Physical environment

  • Lifting and carrying 21–50 lbs; pushing up to 51–100 lbs for less than a third of the shift.
  • About 80% of time on your feet with frequent squatting, kneeling, crouching, bending; some crawling; stairs, ramps, ladders, and scaffolds.
  • Surfaces may be wet, slippery, narrow, vibrating, unsteady, moving, or irregular.
  • Normal vision required including color, depth perception, and field of vision.
  • Non-union facility.

Core proficiencies

  • Mechanical troubleshooting
  • 120/208/240/480 voltage systems
  • Electrical troubleshooting
  • Maintenance and repair
  • Industrial electrical experience
  • Industrial electrical systems
  • Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
  • Electrical schematic reading

Let’s talk

Ready to be the go-to problem solver in a fast-moving plant Apply today or contact Kassi Hojnacki, Talent Acquisition, Pro Services Workforce Solutions.

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