Industrial Controls Technician

Location: Huntington, WV area (onsite) Type: Contract-to-hire · Full time · 1st shift, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 40 hrs/week plus overtime A steel producer needs an Industrial Controls Technician who can write PLC programs from a blank page for a large controls project at its plant. If most of your work has been editing existing programs, this one isn't the right fit. What you'll do Write new PLC programs in Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal (S7-300/400/1200/1500) using ladder, FBD and structured text Design I/O configurations, data structures and program architecture for new systems Tie HMI/SCADA screens to PLC logic and set up tag databases Commission on site: I/O checkout, loop tuning, testing and debugging Work from P&IDs, schematics and panel layouts with electricians on wiring and sensors, and document everything for handoff What you bring 3+ years writing PLC programs from scratch; Siemens strongly preferred Equivalent from-scratch work in Allen-Bradley Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000, Omron, Mitsubishi or Schneider considered Solid grasp of schematics, I/O wiring and control panel layouts Knowledge of NEC/IEC wiring standards and LOTO Comfort working on site with little supervision in a heavy plant Nice to have: WinCC, FactoryTalk or PanelView HMI work; Profibus, Profinet, EtherNet/IP or DeviceNet; motion or safety PLCs; metals or heavy manufacturing projects. Per diem covers hotel and meals. Mural Group is recruiting for this role on behalf of a client. Apply here and a Mural recruiter will be in touch.