Lead Automation Infrastructure & Principal Controls Specialist

$43.00/hr + Multiple Annual Bonuses • Brown Deer, WI Area • Direct-Hire

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing, market-leading manufacturing innovator celebrated for its employee-centric philosophy and exceptional team retention. Operating an automated production facility in the Brown Deer area, the company completely rejects typical corporate politics, treating its technical staff as a premier asset and fostering a collaborative, close-knit engineering and maintenance environment.

This high-visibility, technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) role is designed for an automation veteran looking to transition away from chaotic off-shifts and step into a strategic lead position. Rather than managing basic, reactive repairs, you will serve as the plant's ultimate authority on high-capacity automation lines and complex robotic logic. The organization actively values and rewards long-term technical contributions through a multi-tiered bonus structure and a highly structured career path. It is the ideal setup for a dedicated professional looking to secure a premier day-shift home while managing sophisticated, high-tech industrial challenges.

What You Will Be Doing

• Automation Floor Diagnostics: Performing advanced diagnostics, systemic logic reviews, and precision repairs on high-capacity industrial automation, complex robotics, and integrated manufacturing lines.
• PLC Subject Matter Expertise: Acting as the plant's Technical SME for Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs, executing advanced troubleshooting, monitoring live code, and optimizing system control logic to enhance throughput.
• Schematic Interpretation: Reading and interpreting intricate mechanical blueprints and sophisticated electrical schematics to resolve high-level component failures and intermittent control loop issues.
• Fluid Power & Power Distribution: Executing comprehensive preventative maintenance and repairs on multi-phase AC/DC electrical distribution systems, advanced pneumatics, and high-pressure hydraulic circuits.
• Structural Modification: Utilizing precision welding and custom fabrication skills to modify machine structures, reinforce heavy assemblies, or repair critical machine components on-site.
• Technical Mentorship: Collaborating closely with production management to systematically drive down operational downtime while providing technical coaching and mentorship to junior maintenance technicians.

What We Are Looking For

• Automation Maintenance Legacy: A proven track record of nearly a decade or more managing complex automated systems within a high-volume, continuous-production manufacturing setting.
• Advanced Diagnostic Instincts: Expert-level capability tracking down multi-variant automation faults across overlapping robotic, electrical, electronic control, fluid power, and mechanical safety domains.
• Electro-Mechanical Fundamentals: Deep, comprehensive knowledge of heavy industrial pneumatics, hydraulic valving, power distribution, and safe high-voltage plant practices.
• Employment Reliability: A rock-solid, stable work history demonstrating long-term career commitment and technical growth with previous organizations; frequent job-hopping is a disqualifier.