What does the Warren, Michigan Allen-Bradley PLC programmer contract pay?

It pays $56 per hour straight time and $84 per hour overtime, on a Monday to Friday schedule of 8 to 10 hour shifts with weekend work available. There are two openings, it is plant production support for automated assembly and parts manufacturing, and it starts ASAP.

What is a PLC production support role?

Production support is keeping a running automated assembly line producing when the controls have to change - reading the Allen-Bradley logic on the floor, finding faults, and making changes without turning a small issue into a lost shift. It is live-line, day-to-day controls work rather than a greenfield build.

Do I need Siemens experience for this contract?

No. The required stack is PLC, RSLogix, and Allen-Bradley / Rockwell. Siemens experience is a plus - many Michigan plants run mixed fleets - but Allen-Bradley and RSLogix are the daily tools for this role.

How do I apply on Automate America?

Apply directly at automateamerica.com/app/automation_work/index/3855 - complete your profile with your Allen-Bradley, RSLogix, and production-support experience, then apply. Applications go straight to the customer, with no recruiter in the middle.

Two PLC Programmers, One Warren Line: The Uptime Economics…

Q: Why is the plant hiring two PLC programmers instead of one?

Two programmers cover the line the way it actually runs - across weekday shifts and into the weekend hours - and let the pair split the floor: one on the immediate issue, one preparing the next logic change. On a live automotive line, two is the difference between reacting and staying ahead of the machine.

Two PLC Programmers, One Warren Line: The Uptime Economics of Automotive Controls

A Warren, Michigan automotive plant is hiring two Allen-Bradley PLC programmers for production support - keeping an automated assembly line producing through controls changes. Why a plant staffs two at once, and the uptime math behind it. RSLogix required, Siemens a plus, $56/hr + $84 OT, starting ASAP.

A major automotive plant in Warren, Michigan is hiring two Allen-Bradley PLC programmers for production support — the people who keep an automated assembly line building parts when the controls have to change. The stack is Allen-Bradley and RSLogix, Siemens experience is a plus, and it starts as soon as you can get to the floor. It pays $56 an hour straight time and $84 on overtime, weekday shifts with weekend hours available. Here is why a plant staffs two programmers at once for production support — and what the work is really asking for.

Production Support Is the Quiet Job That Keeps a Line Alive

Production support is not the greenfield build everyone photographs for the brochure. It is the daily reality of a live automotive line: a sensor drifts, a station faults, a product change needs new logic, a robot handshake needs retiming. The Allen-Bradley PLC programmer on production support reads the running program, finds the problem on the floor, and makes the change without turning a small hiccup into a lost shift. It is unglamorous, and it is everything — because in an automotive plant the line either moves or it does not, and the person who keeps it moving is the one holding the logic. This contract is that role, times two.

The Uptime Math Behind Two Seats

In June 2026, Rockwell Automation and the Center for Automotive Research published a white paper putting numbers to something plant managers already felt. According to their findings, automotive plants running real-time controls are seeing up to 50% reductions in unplanned downtime, roughly 5% gains in overall equipment effectiveness, and 5% to 7% improvements in throughput. The report frames the moment plainly: manufacturers are no longer debating whether to invest in smart manufacturing, only how fast. Every hour a Warren assembly line is down has a cost attached to it — parts not made, downstream stations starved, a schedule that slips. Staffing strong controls support is not an expense against that; it is the cheaper side of the trade, because it protects the output. That is the economic logic behind this contract.

Why Two Programmers, Not One

One programmer covers one shift and one problem at a time. Two cover the line the way it actually runs. A plant that lists weekday shifts and weekend hours is telling you the line does not politely wait for Monday — a fault on Saturday night needs a programmer who is there, not one who is called. Two also lets the pair split the floor: one on the immediate issue, one preparing the next logic change so it is ready to go in clean. On a live automotive line, the gap between one programmer and two is the gap between reacting and staying ahead of the machine. A plant that posts for two has already decided which side of that line it wants to be on.

The Warren Stack: Allen-Bradley, RSLogix, and a Live Automotive Line

This is a North American automotive controls stack, and a deep one: Allen-Bradley / Rockwell PLCs with RSLogix / Studio 5000 for the logic, running automated assembly systems and parts manufacturing. Siemens experience is a plus — plenty of Michigan plants run mixed fleets, and a programmer who reads both is worth more on the floor — but the daily tools here are Allen-Bradley and RSLogix. If online edits, add-on instructions, and cell sequencing are your everyday language, this contract is squarely in your lane. Warren sits in the heart of Michigan's automotive supply base, and the local pipeline is real: Macomb Community College, right in the area, trains PLC programmers on an actual working assembly line through its Automated Systems Technology — Mechatronics program.

The Contract, In One Place

Role: PLC Programmer — two openings
Scope: plant production support — keep an automated assembly line producing through controls changes
Application: automated assembly systems and parts manufacturing (automotive)
Stack: PLC · RSLogix · Allen-Bradley (Siemens a plus)
Location: Warren, Michigan
Rate: $56/hr straight time · $84/hr overtime
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8–10 hour shifts, weekend hours available
Timing: starting ASAP

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Staffing a Warren Controls Role Without a Recruiter in the Middle

If you run the line, what looks like a staffing shortage is often a scheduling one: you do not need a permanent headcount, you need two people who can hold the controls together while production keeps moving. That is something you can post today, free, on Automate America. The customer posts the work directly and applications reach the customer directly; the network is organized by occupation and skill, so programmers who do Allen-Bradley production support are findable in minutes, not after a month of phone calls. If you are running a Warren floor that needs coverage through the next product change, you can post a contract free — the rate, scope, and exact stack go straight to the professionals who match them.