Production Panel Line Control Room Operator

Shift Details

• 1st Shift: Friday–Sunday, 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
• 2nd Shift: 6:00 PM–4:00 AM
• 2nd Shift Differential: $3/hour

Compensation

• Starting Pay: $28/hour
• 2nd Shift: $28/hour + $3/hour shift differential
• Potential Pay Increase: Up to $30/hour after 6 months of employment
• 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus: $5,000- $2,500 after 6 months
  • $2,500 after 12 months

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Machine Operator, Production Operator, Lead Operator, Production Supervisor, Process Operator, or Manufacturing professional with hands-on experience operating and monitoring automated production equipment and industrial control systems.

The Production Panel Line Control Room Operator will monitor and control a highly automated panel line from a centralized control room. This position is responsible for monitoring production processes, adjusting machine and process parameters, responding to alarms, troubleshooting operational issues, maintaining product quality, and coordinating with production and maintenance teams.

Candidates with experience working with HMI, SCADA, PLCs, DCS, control panels, automated machinery, robotics, or computerized manufacturing systems are encouraged to apply.

What You Will Do

• Monitor and operate automated manufacturing processes from a centralized control room.
• Monitor production equipment through HMI, SCADA, PLC, DCS, and computerized control systems.
• Start, stop, adjust, and monitor production equipment according to SOPs.
• Monitor machine conditions, production rates, temperatures, pressures, speeds, levels, and other operating parameters.
• Analyze real-time production data, trends, alarms, and system indicators.
• Respond to machine alarms, process deviations, equipment faults, and abnormal operating conditions.
• Make appropriate adjustments to machine and process settings to maintain safe and efficient production.
• Monitor product quality and make process adjustments when specifications are not being met.
• Troubleshoot basic machine, electrical, mechanical, and process issues.
• Communicate equipment problems to maintenance and assist with troubleshooting.
• Monitor multiple machines and production processes simultaneously.
• Maintain production records, operator logs, downtime information, and shift documentation.
• Complete accurate shift handoffs and communicate important production issues to the next shift.
• Follow all safety procedures, SOPs, LOTO requirements, environmental standards, and quality requirements.
• Coordinate with Machine Operators, Production Supervisors, Maintenance Technicians, Quality, and other plant personnel.
• Assist with equipment startup, shutdown, testing, commissioning, and process changes.
• Support preventive maintenance and continuous improvement activities.
• Enter production information and communicate through computer systems, electronic logs, radios, and other communication devices.

Control Systems & Automation Experience

Experience with any of the following manufacturing control systems, automation platforms, or technologies is highly relevant:

• HMI – Human Machine Interface
• SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
• PLC – Programmable Logic Controllers
• DCS – Distributed Control Systems
• PAC – Programmable Automation Controllers
• MCC – Motor Control Centers
• VFD/VSD – Variable Frequency Drives / Variable Speed Drives
• Industrial Control Panels
• Operator Control Panels
• Process Control Systems
• Automated Production Control Systems
• Robotic Control Systems
• Machine Vision Systems
• MES – Manufacturing Execution Systems
• DCS/PLC-based process control
• PID/process control systems
• Servo and motion control systems
• Industrial automation systems
• Computerized machine monitoring systems
• Digital production monitoring systems
• Alarm and fault monitoring systems
• Safety PLC / safety control systems
• Remote I/O and industrial I/O systems
• Data acquisition and process monitoring systems

Experience with platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Schneider Electric, GE/Emerson, Honeywell, ABB, Mitsubishi, Omron, Beckhoff, or similar industrial automation systems is valuable.

Ideal Candidate Background

We are especially interested in candidates who have worked as:

• Machine Operator
• Production Operator
• Lead Machine Operator
• Lead Operator
• Process Operator
• Control Room Operator
• Production Supervisor
• Production Lead
• Manufacturing Supervisor
• Process Technician
• Automation Operator
• Manufacturing Technician
• Industrial Operator
• Panel Operator
• Plant Operator
• Equipment Operator
• Maintenance Technician with production-control experience

Candidates do not necessarily need previous Control Room Operator experience if they have strong hands-on experience operating automated manufacturing equipment and working with computerized control systems.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree, technical diploma, vocational training, or industrial technology education preferred.
• 2+ years of manufacturing, machine operation, production, process operations, or industrial experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience operating or monitoring automated manufacturing equipment.
• Experience working with HMI, PLC, SCADA, DCS, control panels, or other automated control systems.
• Ability to read and interpret machine parameters, alarms, trends, production data, and operating conditions.
• Ability to troubleshoot basic machine and process problems.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to monitor multiple systems simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently while communicating effectively with production and maintenance teams.

Training

Training will take place on day shift for approximately four months, with flexibility to extend training until you are comfortable and confident performing the role independently.

Physical & Work Environment

• Ability to continuously monitor multiple computer screens, HMIs, control panels, and production indicators during a 12-hour shift.

• Ability to remain focused and respond quickly to alarms and changing production conditions.

• Frequent use of computers, keyboards, mice, touchscreens, control panels, radios, and communication equipment.

• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, climb stairs, and enter the production area for inspections and troubleshooting.

• Work in an industrial manufacturing environment with exposure to noise, dust, temperature variations, and moving equipment.

• Ability to follow all plant safety requirements and PPE procedures.# Production Panel Line Control Room Operator

  Shift Details

  • 1st Shift: Friday–Sunday, 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
  • 2nd Shift: 6:00 PM–4:00 AM
  • 2nd Shift Differential: $3/hour

  Compensation

  • Starting Pay: $28/hour
  • 2nd Shift: $28/hour + $3/hour shift differential
  • Potential Pay Increase: Up to $30/hour after 6 months of employment
  • 2nd Shift Sign-On Bonus: $5,000- $2,500 after 6 months
    • $2,500 after 12 months

  Position Overview

  We are seeking an experienced Machine Operator, Production Operator, Lead Operator, Production Supervisor, Process Operator, or Manufacturing professional with hands-on experience operating and monitoring automated production equipment and industrial control systems.

  The Production Panel Line Control Room Operator will monitor and control a highly automated panel line from a centralized control room. This position is responsible for monitoring production processes, adjusting machine and process parameters, responding to alarms, troubleshooting operational issues, maintaining product quality, and coordinating with production and maintenance teams.

  Candidates with experience working with HMI, SCADA, PLCs, DCS, control panels, automated machinery, robotics, or computerized manufacturing systems are encouraged to apply.

  What You Will Do

  • Monitor and operate automated manufacturing processes from a centralized control room.
  • Monitor production equipment through HMI, SCADA, PLC, DCS, and computerized control systems.
  • Start, stop, adjust, and monitor production equipment according to SOPs.
  • Monitor machine conditions, production rates, temperatures, pressures, speeds, levels, and other operating parameters.
  • Analyze real-time production data, trends, alarms, and system indicators.
  • Respond to machine alarms, process deviations, equipment faults, and abnormal operating conditions.
  • Make appropriate adjustments to machine and process settings to maintain safe and efficient production.
  • Monitor product quality and make process adjustments when specifications are not being met.
  • Troubleshoot basic machine, electrical, mechanical, and process issues.
  • Communicate equipment problems to maintenance and assist with troubleshooting.
  • Monitor multiple machines and production processes simultaneously.
  • Maintain production records, operator logs, downtime information, and shift documentation.
  • Complete accurate shift handoffs and communicate important production issues to the next shift.
  • Follow all safety procedures, SOPs, LOTO requirements, environmental standards, and quality requirements.
  • Coordinate with Machine Operators, Production Supervisors, Maintenance Technicians, Quality, and other plant personnel.
  • Assist with equipment startup, shutdown, testing, commissioning, and process changes.
  • Support preventive maintenance and continuous improvement activities.
  • Enter production information and communicate through computer systems, electronic logs, radios, and other communication devices.

  Control Systems & Automation Experience

  Experience with any of the following manufacturing control systems, automation platforms, or technologies is highly relevant:

  • HMI – Human Machine Interface
  • SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  • PLC – Programmable Logic Controllers
  • DCS – Distributed Control Systems
  • PAC – Programmable Automation Controllers
  • MCC – Motor Control Centers
  • VFD/VSD – Variable Frequency Drives / Variable Speed Drives
  • Industrial Control Panels
  • Operator Control Panels
  • Process Control Systems
  • Automated Production Control Systems
  • Robotic Control Systems
  • Machine Vision Systems
  • MES – Manufacturing Execution Systems
  • DCS/PLC-based process control
  • PID/process control systems
  • Servo and motion control systems
  • Industrial automation systems
  • Computerized machine monitoring systems
  • Digital production monitoring systems
  • Alarm and fault monitoring systems
  • Safety PLC / safety control systems
  • Remote I/O and industrial I/O systems
  • Data acquisition and process monitoring systems

  Experience with platforms such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Schneider Electric, GE/Emerson, Honeywell, ABB, Mitsubishi, Omron, Beckhoff, or similar industrial automation systems is valuable.

  Ideal Candidate Background

  We are especially interested in candidates who have worked as:

  • Machine Operator
  • Production Operator
  • Lead Machine Operator
  • Lead Operator
  • Process Operator
  • Control Room Operator
  • Production Supervisor
  • Production Lead
  • Manufacturing Supervisor
  • Process Technician
  • Automation Operator
  • Manufacturing Technician
  • Industrial Operator
  • Panel Operator
  • Plant Operator
  • Equipment Operator
  • Maintenance Technician with production-control experience

  Candidates do not necessarily need previous Control Room Operator experience if they have strong hands-on experience operating automated manufacturing equipment and working with computerized control systems.

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Associate degree, technical diploma, vocational training, or industrial technology education preferred.
  • 2+ years of manufacturing, machine operation, production, process operations, or industrial experience preferred.
  • Hands-on experience operating or monitoring automated manufacturing equipment.
  • Experience working with HMI, PLC, SCADA, DCS, control panels, or other automated control systems.
  • Ability to read and interpret machine parameters, alarms, trends, production data, and operating conditions.
  • Ability to troubleshoot basic machine and process problems.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to monitor multiple systems simultaneously.
  • Ability to work independently while communicating effectively with production and maintenance teams.

  Training

  Training will take place on day shift for approximately four months, with flexibility to extend training until you are comfortable and confident performing the role independently.

  Physical & Work Environment

  • Ability to continuously monitor multiple computer screens, HMIs, control panels, and production indicators during a 12-hour shift.
  • Ability to remain focused and respond quickly to alarms and changing production conditions.
  • Frequent use of computers, keyboards, mice, touchscreens, control panels, radios, and communication equipment.
  • Ability to occasionally stand, walk, climb stairs, and enter the production area for inspections and troubleshooting.
  • Work in an industrial manufacturing environment with exposure to noise, dust, temperature variations, and moving equipment.
  • Ability to follow all plant safety requirements and PPE procedures.

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• SCADA
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• HMI
• DCS