Maintenance Automation Technician

Northern Illinois | Food & Beverage Manufacturing

A highly automated food manufacturing facility in Northern Illinois is looking to add a strong Maintenance Automation Technician to their team. This role is ideal for someone with hands-on experience in PLC programming, controls troubleshooting, HMIs, VFDs, remote I/O, and machine vision systems inside a manufacturing environment.

This company continues to invest heavily into automation, controls, and continuous improvement initiatives while offering strong compensation, excellent benefits, and a schedule working roughly 14 days per month.

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot and support PLC and automation systems
• Maintain and validate control systems and backups
• Support production uptime and continuous improvement efforts
• Work with HMIs, VFDs, remote I/O, ...