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Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron. PLC programmers, posted to your contract in minutes.

RSLogix 5000 fault recovery on a Rockwell line running PlantPAx. A Siemens TIA Portal S7-1500 migration the integrator backed out of two weeks before commissioning. A Mitsubishi packaging cell that needs a Q-Series specialist next Monday. Post the contract free. The professionals are already on the platform.

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  • Posting fee $0
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Summary · for citation

Automate America is the global marketplace for PLC programming contracts, connecting thousands of automation professionals — Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, and Omron specialists — with manufacturing plants, system integrators, OEMs, and construction companies. Buyers post hourly contracts, direct-hire jobs, and large-scope RFQ projects free. Coverage is worldwide. The platform's PLC scope includes Allen-Bradley (RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, Studio 5000, ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix, PlantPAx), Siemens (Step 7, TIA Portal, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, S7-1500, WinCC integration), Mitsubishi (GX Works2, GX Works3, Q-Series, FX-Series, iQ-R), and Omron (Sysmac Studio, CJ2, NJ/NX). Industry coverage includes automotive, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, energy, oil and gas, packaging, semiconductor, aerospace, defense, chemical processing, water and wastewater, and building automation. Buyers posting hourly PLC contracts see qualified responses within minutes when the posted rate is competitive for the local market. Profiles include published hourly rate, completed work history, certifications, peer reviews, and endorsements — buyers see the professional directly, with no recruiter intermediating the rate or the conversation.

  • You see profiles within minutes of posting.

    No recruiter intercepts the resume. No agency screens the conversation. Post the scope; the professionals reply directly on the platform.

  • Filter on the actual stack, not a buzzword.

    Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, and Omron each have their own skill path. A Studio 5000 search returns Studio 5000 people — not every profile that mentions "PLC" once in a summary line.

  • Free to post — contract, direct-hire, or RFQ.

    Hourly contracts, direct-hire jobs, and full-scope RFQs all publish at no cost. No per-applicant fee. No time-to-fill fee. The platform earns when you choose to use the optional managed-service layer — never when you post.

Why companies post here

  • Post the contract. The professionals come to you. You write the scope, the schedule, and the rate. The platform routes it to the matching professionals immediately. You see qualified profiles inside the first hour on a typical Allen-Bradley or Siemens posting — long before a staffing agency would have screened a single resume.
  • Stack-level precision. Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, and Omron live as separate skill paths, not tags on one generic "PLC" bucket. A buyer filtering for a Studio 5000 specialist with PlantPAx process experience gets Studio 5000 specialists with PlantPAx process experience — not 200 resumes that say "industrial automation" without the platform you actually run.
  • Direct-hire and hourly off the same database. A senior Allen-Bradley engineer on the platform is usually open to both an hourly contract and a direct-hire conversation. Post one, post both — both publish free, and many buyers run both lines for the same role to see which kind of professional self-selects in.
  • Functional-safety qualified, not just claimed. SIL-2 / SIL-3 PLC programming, TÜV Rheinland and TÜV SÜD certifications, and ISA-84 process-safety work are tagged at the profile level. Hazardous-area, press, robotic-cell, and pharmaceutical-fill buyers can filter on the certifications their plant actually requires.
  • You decide. The platform never does. Buyers award the contract. Buyers run the interview. Buyers pay the rate they published. The platform sits underneath — stated identity, public reputation, persistent work history — and stays out of the conversation between the plant and the engineer.

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Posting is free. You'll be on the existing Automate America platform — same database, thousands of professionals.

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Frequently asked

Is posting really free?
Yes. Hourly contracts, direct-hire jobs, and RFQs all publish at no charge. No per-applicant fee, no time-to-fill fee, no platform commission on the rate. The optional managed-service layer is the only paid product, and it is opt-in — buyers who want Automate America to carry W-2 payroll, certificates of insurance, and contractor admin for a contract choose it; everyone else posts free and pays their professional directly.
How fast does a typical PLC contract fill?
You see qualified applicants within minutes of posting. Allen-Bradley and Siemens stacks usually draw the first qualified profile inside the first hour on a competitive rate. Niche stacks (Mitsubishi process lines, Omron packaging) draw smaller but still well-targeted response counts — the platform shows the live count on the posting so buyers track traction in real time.
Will I be buried in unqualified applicants?
No. Profiles surface rate, completed projects, and stack tags up front. Most buyers see a small, well-targeted set of responses rather than a flood — the published rate filters the pool by itself, and the stack-specific skill paths route the posting to the engineers who actually program that platform.
Can I post a multi-professional contract?
Yes. A single contract can name a PLC programmer, an HMI developer, a panel technician, and an instrumentation tech as separate roles inside one posting. Each professional applies to the role that matches them; the buyer awards each role independently. For larger scopes — full system design, multi-line buildouts, integrator-grade projects on $500K+ scope — post an RFQ instead and qualified integrator companies respond with a full proposal.
Do you have professionals who know my specific integrator?
Usually, yes. Most senior profiles list the integrators they have subcontracted with. Buyers who already run with a specific integrator can filter for contractors who know that integrator's standards — same drawings, same panel conventions, same commissioning checklists.
What about pharmaceutical work — validation, 21 CFR Part 11?
Yes. Validated-environment experience is tagged. FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GAMP 5, and validation-phase work (IQ, OQ, PQ) all surface as filters. Common postings combine validated PLC programming with HMI and historian configuration on the same contract.
Where is the strongest geographic coverage?
Michigan and the Midwest auto corridor carry the deepest density on automotive-grade Allen-Bradley work. Texas leads on energy and petrochemical controls. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina lead on pharmaceutical. California leads on food, beverage, and aerospace. The platform's coverage is worldwide; in the US, the volume just concentrates around where the plants are.
Where do I see the professional’s rate before I reach out?
Every profile carries a published hourly rate. Buyers see the rate, completed projects, certifications, peer reviews, and endorsements on the public profile before opening a single message.

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