{"id":2951936,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nike-lead-automation-controls-technician","title":"Lead Automation & Controls Technician","company":{"id":1634,"name":"Nike","domain":"nike.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nike","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":72,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.625,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":70000,"max_usd":170000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":64},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-09-04T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T07:26:45Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-11-11T07:26:45Z","days_open":68,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":68},"description":"Who we are looking for\nAs our Controls and Automation Technician, you'll be working with a highly motivated team skilled in the trade of industrial maintenance. You will be responsible for maintenance and repairs of a wide variety of plastics manufacturing equipment, support equipment and general facilities.\nThis position is open for the following shifts:\nShift: N1- 5:30pm-5:30am Tuesday-Thursday and every other Monday\nWhat you will work on\nYou will apply root cause analysis and troubleshooting skills in response to breakdown calls and continuous improvement projects. You will use your communication skills and tools to share information with team members, our customers, and your management team on equipment status.\nKey Responsibilities\nTroubleshooting skills within the areas of mechanical, electronics, hydraulics, and pneumatics, robotics.\nAdvanced controls and automation knowledge including PLC, ladder logic, HMI’s, VFD’s, instrumentation, and calibrations.\nExperience working with basic hand tools, machine shop equipment, precision measuring instruments, Volt/Ohm meters, amp meters, cutting and welding equipment\nA solid understanding of Microsoft office and computerized maintenance management systems. Experience with CMMS systems SAP or eMaint a plus.\nExperience with extrusion, thermoform, and zoom processing equipment and its support equipment such as material dryers, loaders and transfer systems is preferred\nAbility to train/mentor junior team members with focused subject matter expertise in either electrical or mechanical repair\nInitiate and disable equipment as required by OSHA regulations and company safety procedures for machine activation and shut down\nMaintain standardized work procedures for PLC troubleshooting, testing and automated equipment controls with several Manufacturing Engineering peers\nOrder parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogues and suppliers, or obtain them from storerooms\nPerform Preventative Maintenance (PM) on all industrial production and mechatronics equipment\nApply your technical skills to install, maintain and repair mechanical and electrical systems, factory automation and robotics\nWho you will work with\nYou will work with the shift Maintenance Coaches and assist our Planner, Scheduler, Coordinator in the execution of preventive maintenance programs, predictive maintenance protocols while reporting directly to the Maintenance Team Coach.\nQualifications\nWhat you bring\nHigh School diploma or GED\nFormal training in Electronics, Control circuitry and PLC’s or vocational, skilled trade or military training\n5 years of industrial maintenance experience, preferably in plastics manufacturing\nAbility to read and understand electrical and fluid power schematics and detailed drawings\nSkilled in trades of fabrication of industrial and manufacturing equipment\nAble to operate fork truck, manual lift, and scissors lift\nMay be required to perform a wide variety of physical tasks which are generally basic, repetitive, and routine. May be required to sit or stand for long periods, in addition to being required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, push, or pull","description_format":"text","description_chars":3130,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Footwear","Sporting Goods","Sportswear & Activewear"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T20:23:17Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-11T07:26:45Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 220 · green card filings: 201","filings_12m":220,"filings_prev_12m":373,"green_card_filings_12m":201,"median_offered_wage_usd":162441,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-11T07:38:50+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nike-lead-automation-controls-technician","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nike-lead-automation-controls-technician.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T04:12:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9166,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1634},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1634"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnike-lead-automation-controls-technician"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnike-lead-automation-controls-technician"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnike-lead-automation-controls-technician"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nike-lead-automation-controls-technician\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnike-lead-automation-controls-technician"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2951936}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nike.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2951936},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}