Controls & PLC Specialist — Contract / Project Based

Controls support for contractors and maintenance teams when it has to work: PLC programming, panel design review, commissioning, and plant-down recovery.

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Not a “full-service electrical shop.” This is the escalation layer when it has to work.

Proof / Deliverables

You don’t just get a fix — you get artifacts your team can use on the next outage.

IO Map + Device Inventory

Tagged IO, drives, comms, panels, and what talks to what.

Backups + Restore Procedure

Program/HMI backups, versions, and a step-by-step recovery note.

Cutover Plan + Rollback

Migration steps that won’t wreck production — plus a way back if needed.

Change Log + “What Changed” Notes

Every edit documented so the next tech isn’t guessing in the dark.

Troubleshooting Notes

Clear “start here” steps tied to real symptoms, faults, and interlocks.

Delivered as a handoff packet you can keep in the panel — or hand to the next shift, contractor, or integrator without starting over.

When to Bring Us In

Panels are wired but logic isn’t right
Startup is stalling and fingers are pointing
A plant manager wants answers, not excuses
Your electricians need a controls backstop
Recurring faults nobody can pin down

What You Get

Clear diagnosis

Root cause, corrective action, and a plan to keep it from coming back.

Clean, maintainable code

No mystery rungs. No “only one guy understands it” logic.

Panels that pass reality

Design review focused on safety, noise, serviceability, and what fails in the field.

Less downtime

Faster startups, fewer repeat calls, fewer “it worked yesterday” surprises.

Typical Engagements

Panel design review: IO list sanity check, safety chain review, power separation, shielding/grounding, documentation corrections.
PLC work: new routines, cleanup, interlocks, alarms, device integrations, migrations and upgrades.
Commissioning support: startup checklists, bring-up, tuning, and operator handoff.
Plant-down escalation: quick triage → isolate → fix → verify → document.
Contractor support: your team builds it — controls are made to behave so you keep the relationship.

Use Case Examples

Real problems we solve for contractors and maintenance managers — with documentation and a clean handoff.

PLC Migration + Upgrade Path

SLC / PLC-5 → ControlLogix, CompactLogix, or modernized architecture.

IO mapping + cutover plan that won’t wreck production
Functional testing and staged startup support
Operator and maintenance notes (what changed + why)

Reverse Engineering + System Mapping

When the prints are wrong (or don’t exist) and nobody wants to touch it.

Network + device inventory (drives, IO, comms, HMIs)
Logic “truth map” (what actually drives what)
Tagged documentation so the next tech isn’t guessing

Redundancy + “Failure Isn’t an Option” Controls

Reduce single points of failure and make recovery predictable.

Safe fallbacks (manual modes, bypass logic, degraded operation)
Alarms that point to action — not noise
Spare strategy + backups + restore procedure

HMI Cleanup + Operator-Focused Screens

Faster troubleshooting, fewer wrong-button incidents, cleaner alarms.

Standardized navigation + fault drill-down
Trend/diagnostic screens for the stuff that actually fails
Commissioning support and “how to use it” handoff

OEM Platforms We Troubleshoot Regularly

Prior hands-on experience with common failure modes, IO layouts, safety chains, and startup quirks. OEM familiarity doesn’t limit support — it shortens diagnosis time when these platforms are in the plant.

Poultry + Food Processing

Meyn
Foodmate
Marel
Wolf

Packaging + Sealers

MULTIVAC
Reiser
Pacmac
Cryovac
CV-TEK (CVP)
Phoenix

Labeling + Weighing

OSSID
Weightech
Mettler Toledo
Ishida
and more...

Example: A line “would run forward but not reverse” after a changeover. Inputs looked fine. The real culprit was an interlock path inhibiting output under a specific safety/sequence state. We traced it, corrected the logic/handshake, verified in production, then left a one-page recovery note so it wouldn’t come back.

How the Work Gets Done

The goal is simple: protect the outcome without stepping on your team. Work is collaborative, changes are documented, and the handoff leaves you with a system that’s easier to maintain.

Fast response options: remote troubleshooting, scheduled project support, or on-site commissioning/plant-down help.

Ready when you are

If you have a panel design to sanity-check, a PLC problem that won’t die, or a startup that’s going sideways — send the details and get a direct recommendation on the fastest path to green.

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