Siemens

Senior PLC Commissioning Technician - Data Center Automation

Siemens • $72K — $124K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma, GED, technical degree, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in commissioning, controls, automation, or building automation sectors.
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting PLC-based control systems and automation technologies.
  • Ability to interpret electrical schematics and control documentation.
  • Experience in startup, testing, or validation of complex automation systems.
  • Willingness to travel up to 75%.
  • Must hold a valid driver's license with limited violations.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in commissioning and validation of data center automation projects.
  • Support installation verification and point-to-point testing.
  • Troubleshoot issues with PLC controllers and field devices.
  • Assist with commissioning of facility automation systems for critical infrastructure.
  • Review project documentation including drawings and specifications.
  • Facilitate integrated systems testing and customer acceptance activities.
  • Document commissioning results, corrective actions, and training materials.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborative work environment with engineering and project management teams.
  • Potential for travel across the United States in varied project settings.
  • Support for customer training and project transition activities.
Full Job Description
Position Location: This role supports our Rolling Meadows, IL branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Chicago, IL area.

As a Senior Commissioning Technician - Data Center Automation, you will participate in the installation, startup, commissioning, validation, and lifecycle transition of complex automation systems supporting hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission-critical data center facilities throughout the United States.

You will serve as a technical resource during project execution, collaborating with engineering, project management, commissioning, service, subcontractor, and customer teams to ensure successful project delivery and customer satisfaction.

As a Senior Commissioning Technician - Data Center Automation, you will:
  • Participate in startup, checkout, commissioning, validation, and customer acceptance activities for data center automation projects.
  • Support installation verification, panel checkout, point-to-point testing, I/O validation, loop testing, and functional performance testing.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving PLC controllers, field devices, instrumentation, networking components, control panels, and integrated automation systems.
  • Assist with startup and commissioning of facility automation systems associated with cooling, electrical distribution, backup power, environmental monitoring, and critical infrastructure systems.
  • Review project drawings, specifications, network architectures, sequences of operation, control schematics, and commissioning documentation.
  • Support integrated systems testing including FAT, SAT, functional testing, and customer witness activities.
  • Perform system diagnostics and validate operation of PLCs, HMIs, remote I/O, network communications, and automation interfaces.
  • Coordinate technical activities with project teams, contractors, vendors, service personnel, and customer representatives.
  • Document deficiencies, corrective actions, commissioning results, software backups, redlines, and turnover documentation.
  • Support customer training and project closeout activities.
  • Assist with service transition and lifecycle readiness activities to ensure successful long-term operation of installed systems.
  • Serve as a technical resource supporting continuous improvement initiatives and best practices for data center automation delivery.

You will make an impact with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma, GED, technical degree, military training, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience supporting commissioning, controls, automation, building automation, industrial controls, electrical systems, or mission-critical facility infrastructure.
  • Experience troubleshooting PLC-based control systems and automation technologies.
  • Ability to read and interpret: electrical schematics, control drawings, specifications, network architectures, and sequence of operations documentation
  • Experience supporting commissioning, startup, testing, troubleshooting, or validation of complex automation systems.
  • Ability to travel up to 75%.
  • Must be 18 years of age and possess a valid driver's license with limited violations; must meet eligibility requirements to participate in Siemens' fleet vehicle program.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

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About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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