Material Handling Controls Commissioning Technician

Location: 100% travel

Pay: $22.00 - $31.50 plus weekly Per Diem

Bring your 2+ years of conveyor installation and maintenance experience to the field and help launch high‑performing material handling systems across North America.

A Day in the Role

Morning finds you on a new mezzanine, laptop connected, loading an emulated PLC program. By midday, you’re walking the line, methodically running I/O and device checks against the Description of Operation and drawings. As evening approaches, you package up validation checklists, turn over a clean subsystem to the Controls Engineering team, and submit a crisp daily report of achievements and exceptions—ready to do it again tomorrow at a different site.

What You’ll Handle

• Collaborate with electrical installers and Controls Engineers to implement and validate simple to highly sophisticated customer material handling systems.
• Load emulated PLC programs and perform static functional testing per the received Description of Operation and drawing documentation.
• Execute I/O and device-level checkout and validation.
• Troubleshoot components including PLCs, field devices, and network repeaters.
• Test, validate, and remediate controls networks: Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, AS‑i, and CAN.
• Formally turn over validated subsystems to the Controls Engineering group with completed validation checklists.
• Provide daily and weekly progress reports detailing accomplishments and exceptions.

Travel & Work Environment

• Willing and able to travel 100% for extended durations anywhere in the U.S.; projects occur throughout North America.
• Comfort working in varied climates and environments.
• Capable of walking, crawling, and climbing for extended periods.

What You Bring

• Strong interpersonal skills and openness to direction.
• Safety-first mindset.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet project deadlines.
• Skill reading and interpreting prints.
• Consistency using and completing model‑specific checklists.
• Ability to generate and maintain an action item list based on inspections.

Technical Proficiency

• PLC troubleshooting skills
• PLC wiring experience
• Electrical schematic reading
• Conveyor installation