Controls Technician
First QualityPennsylvania, United States
Posted March 11, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit.
Job Description
First Quality is seeking a Controls Technician to join their team in Lewistown, PA. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and associates degree in electronics or equivalent, with 1-3 years of industrial experience. Responsibilities include troubleshooting and maintaining controls components and systems, repairing electrical sensors and control devices, and commissioning PLC/HMI based hardware. The role also involves performing electrical preventative maintenance, assisting with projects and equipment installations, and sharing knowledge with team members.
Requirements
- High School Diploma with Associates Degree in electronics or equivalent
- 1-3 years of industrial experience
- Personal Computer skills including specific controls programming software and basic e-mail, word processing, and spreadsheet applications
- Fundamental knowledge of electrical theory and principles of operation
- Solid knowledge of three phase, single phase and DC power
- Familiar with NEC and standard wiring practices
- Utilizes meters and oscilloscopes to identify electrical problems
- Reads electrical schematics
- Advanced knowledge of all controller based hardware and software
- Reads and make small changes to PLC ladder logic
- Reads and troubleshoot motion control/servo programs
- Reads HMI software to identify its effects on the equipment
- Follows data and signals from one controller to another over various networks
- Standard knowledge of product specifications, quality requirements, production goals, efficiency and waste
- Good communication skills
- Works closely with the production team to identify and resolve problems
- Communicates with the parts department to ensure adequate spares
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
- Paid time off (three-week minimum)
- Medical, dental and vision starting day one
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
- Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums