Data Center COE Senior PLC Technician

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As a Data Center Sr. PLC Technician, you will be responsible for independent technical leadership for the pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modification, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of ABB paralleling switchgear and controls in mission-critical power applications. The selected candidate will manage complex on-site activities, mentor junior field staff, and act as a trusted technical point of contact for customers, contractors, commissioning agents, project teams, and design engineering.

The work model for the role is: Remote in the US

This is a highly travel-intensive position requiring extensive nationwide travel to customer locations across the United States. This role calls for someone who can commit to significant travel and regular work at customer locations. Candidates seeking limited travel should carefully consider this requirement before applying. Comprehensive travel accommodations, lodging, and per diem are provided.

Your

• ◆Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving Paralleling Switchgear and other PLC/Relay transfer schemes during pre-startup, full startup, commissioning, modifications, preventive maintenance, and emergency troubleshooting.
• ◆Lead functional and integrated testing of emergency/standby power systems, including open-transition and closed-transition sequences, hard and soft transfers, load add/shed, utility-generator paralleling, import/export, and baseload applications.
• ◆Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls, generator load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and associated communications.
• ◆Perform advanced troubleshooting and authorized modifications of PLC ladder logic, PLC I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters using approved engineering documentation and change-control practices.
• ◆Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, and customer BMS/EPMS/SCADA communications.
• ◆Interpret one-line diagrams, elementary schematics, interconnection drawings, sequence-of-operations documents, coordination studies, settings files, and commissioning procedures.
• ◆Lead on-site technical execution, coordinate daily work, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support on-time, on-budget completion of complex or high-profile projects.
• ◆Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians, assign work within demonstrated competencies, and provide practical coaching on safe execution, troubleshooting, documentation, and customer communication.
• ◆Act as a senior escalation resource for high-level remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency response where assigned.
• ◆Complete accurate field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entry, expense reporting, and customer-facing status updates.
• ◆Protect ABB and customer assets, control job costs and expenditures, and identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, and service delivery.
• ◆Build effective customer relationships by translating complex technical findings into clear actions, recommendations, risks, and recovery plans.

• ✓High school diploma or GED with 7+ years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor degree with 5+ years in a related field.
• ✓Demonstrated ability to handle highly complex field assignments.
• ✓Advanced experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and mission-critical power systems.
• ✓Extensive experience leading startup and commissioning work, coordinating power-up and switching operations, resolving issues on tight timelines, and overseeing multi-person site teams.
• ✓Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex electrical and control drawings and to apply approved engineering methods in the field.
• ✓Well-developed problem-solving, reporting, client communication, and field coordination skills.
• ✓Ability to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments based on project demand.
• ✓Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment requirements.
• ✓Candidates will need to already have authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable to the requisition.

• ✓ABB Energy Commander or comparable paralleling switchgear and controls.
• ✓GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs and Proficy Machine Edition; ABB AC500 and Automation Builder; CP600 HMI/Panel Builder; Cimplicity or comparable supervisory platforms.
• ✓Woodward EasyGen and LS5 generator controls and load-sharing systems.
• ✓ABB, SEL/Schweitzer, Multilin, Basler, or Woodward protective relays and associated testing or configuration tools.
• ✓Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, BMS, EPMS, and SCADA integration.
• ✓Low- and medium-voltage breaker testing, CT/PT verification, relay testing, primary/secondary injection, turns-ratio, winding-resistance, insulation, power-factor, hipot, phase-rotation, and related commissioning test equipment.
• ✓Utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, da