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The CT would receive audit packets from a controls project engineer and would travel to site, complete the audit, and interface and communicate with the engineering team as needed. The CT would also assist in the early portions of installation, working with the installation leads to review the existing control infrastructure and help plan an efficient demolition and start to installation. A good candidate for this role would be an experience PreComm Technician that might be interested in working more closely to the engineering and design side of projects.\nWe offer:\nCareer Development\nCompetitive Compensation and Benefits\nPay Transparency\nGlobal Opportunities\nLearn More Here: Logistics and Supply Chain Careers at Dematic\nDematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.\nThis policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.\nThe base pay range for this role is estimated to be $36.17- $48.93 per hour at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.\nTasks and Qualifications:\nWhat You Will Do in this Role:\nAudits:Perform comprehensive electrical and controls system audits at customer sites.\nAssess and document Legacy (point to point) and distributed controls architectures, including Ethernet, Asi, CAN, Profibus and other fieldbus networks.\nEvaluate controls power distributions systems\nVerify proper configs and performance of Ethernet-based industrial networks (managed and unmanaged switches, Hirschman, AB )\nIdentify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks in existing controls equipment relative to the defined controls scope\nCollaborate with internal project engineering teams to align audit results with project scopes. \nInterface directly with customers to clarify requirements and support follow-up actions.\nPrepare clear, detailed technical documentation and audit reports\n\nCommissioning Support:Support 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