Controls Maintenance Technician

Posted: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Valid Thru: Thursday, 28 August 2025
Index Requested on: 07/29/2025 13:52:24
Indexed on: 07/29/2025 13:52:24

Location: St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, US

Industry: Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category: 37-0000.00 - Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
Type of Employment: FULL_TIME

Molex is hiring!

Description:

Your Job

Molex is currently seeking a Controls Maintenance Technician to join our talented team in St Petersburg, Florida. The successful candidate will have a strong background in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production and PLC equipment.

2 nd Shift: Monday through Thursday (10-hour shifts)

External candidates are eligible for a $2, 000 sign-on bonus

Our Team

Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

What You Will Do

  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems in a manufacturing environment
  • Perform reactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance to support production equipment
  • Lead Technical and Process Improvement Projects
  • Analyze production data, identify trends, and offer recommendations for improvement.
  • Create, maintain, and improve documentation related to equipment and manufacturing processes
  • Provide design input on custom fabricated equipment and equipment parts
  • Train Technicians and Machine Operators
  • Work with the Engineering department to create and design new machinery.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Experience in industrial preventative maintenance (electric motors, gear boxes, pneumatic cylinders, cams, bearings, VFD systems, sensors, servos, and potentiometers)
  • Experience interpreting electrical schematics, specifications, manuals, and blueprints
  • Experience with electrical troubleshooting of 24VDC systems
  • Experience troubleshooting PLC programs


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Three (3) or more years of experience connecting to and troubleshooting ladder logic
  • Vision software experience
  • Robotics Experience
  • Instrumentation Experience
  • Experience working on Assembly Machines


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data c ommunications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquĆ­, or tu ).

Responsibilities:

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Educational requirements:

  • high school

Desired Skills:

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Benefits:

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