Form Energy · 15 hours ago
Controls Technician, Sustaining
Weirton, WV
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expForm Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company revolutionizing energy storage. They are seeking an experienced controls technician to maintain and improve equipment used in the production of Iron-Air batteries, ensuring efficient operations and safety compliance.
BatteryEnergyEnergy StoragePower GridRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting industrial controls equipment
Provide electrical and controls support for the production operations and maintenance departments, including troubleshooting control, electrical issues, and problem resolution as they relate to equipment and process downtime, throughput improvement, and/or any safety concerns
Ensure plant automated equipment is functioning as designed/required
Responsible for minor PLC and HMI software changes, including continuous improvement initiatives, and troubleshooting of existing equipment
Utilize input from production, maintenance supervisors, operators, vendors, and service providers to provide troubleshooting assistance and make improvements
Responsible for following all Safety and Environmental policies and procedures
Work with Engineers and other Technicians on new automated process equipment for deployment into production
Troubleshooting MES data transactions within PLC programs
Work with engineers to layout and fabricate machine control panels
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience as a hands-on technician working on control systems
Technical communication skills, both written and verbal
PLC Programming and Troubleshooting
Siemens TIA-Portal (Required, with supervision)
Rockwell Studio 5000 (Required, with supervision)
Keyence Barcode Scanner (Required, with supervision)
Cognex Barcode Scanner (Required, with supervision)
PLC Product Tracking Programming (Required, with supervision)
PLC Handshake/Data Programming (Required, with supervision)
Review/Redline/Read Electrical Schematics (Required, with supervision)
Troubleshoot (Required, with supervision)
Troubleshoot (Required, with supervision)
iba (Required, with supervision)
Octoplant (Required, with supervision)
Read and interpret schematics, diagrams, and blueprints to troubleshoot and repair controls components (Required)
Attention to detail when testing and troubleshooting (Required)
Recording data and documenting procedures (Required)
Controls experience in a Manufacturing Environment
Preferred
Beckhoff TwinCat (Nice to Have)
FANUC (Nice to Have)
Epson (Nice to Have)
Kawasaki (Nice to Have)
Control panel fabrication and modification (Nice to Have)
Configure Siemens Scalance Managed Network Switches (Nice to Have)
Benefits
100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
80% of healthcare premiums for dependents
At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
Up to 20 weeks for birthing parents
Generous vacation policies
Company
Form Energy
Form Energy is an energy technology company that produces electric grids and accelerates the transition to clean energy.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (29)
2024 (27)
2023 (7)
2022 (3)
2021 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.57BKey Investors
Trinity CapitalT. Rowe PriceUS Department of Energy
2024-12-16Debt Financing· $50M
2024-10-09Series F· $405M
2024-08-06Grant· $147M
Leadership Team
Mateo Jaramillo
CEO/co-founder
Marco Ferrara
Co-Founder, Chief Digital Officer
Recent News
Clean Technica
2026-01-11
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