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PLC Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 32+ plc jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Merck, Amgen, and L3Harris Technologies.

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9-day fortnights 13
compressed weeks 1
generous PTO 10
flexible hours 2
unlimited PTO 4

Updated August 15, 2026

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Power Electronics Engineer

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Remote · USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior AI Controls Solutions Engineer (Australia)

16d

Phaidra · Remote · Australia

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$163k – $225k

Senior AI Controls Solutions Engineer (HVAC Systems)

3mo

Phaidra · Remote · USA

65 · GoodFlexible Hours$119k – $193k

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Professional Services Consultant

2mo

Nulogy · Remote · USA +2 more

61 · GoodSummer Fridays

PS, Solution Architect

21d

ServiceNow · Remote · Spain

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

ICS / Controls Specialist

NEW

Parsons Corporation · Hybrid · Little Rock, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Lead, Software Engineer (Advanced Sonar Systems)

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Millersville, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Sr Engineer I, Advanced Process Control and Automation

NEW

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Houston, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$141k – $173kPro · early access

Sr Engineer II, Advanced Process Control and Automation

NEW

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Houston, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$160k – $196kPro · early access

NOC Engineer

NEW

20h

Armada · Hybrid · Thiruvananthapuram, India

58 · GoodUnlimited PTOPro · early access

Equipment Maintenance Technician

NEW

Amgen · Hybrid · New Albany, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$69k – $93kPro · early access

Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering (Electrical Subsystems)

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$107k – $198k

Mfg. Systems Engineer - Automation Engineer

NEW

Amgen · Hybrid · New Albany, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTOPro · early access

Manufacturing System Engineer - Testing Machine System Owner

Amgen · Hybrid · New Albany, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Sr. Tech, Maintenance

Merck · Onsite · Boxmeer, Netherlands

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Specialist, Technical Project Management

Merck · Hybrid · Dublin, Ireland

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Controls & Automation Engineer

10d

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Cape Canaveral, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

IC&E Specialist - Bakken

ConocoPhillips · Onsite · Watford City or New Town

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Associate Technician, Operations (Apprenticeship)

Merck · Hybrid · Durham, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Senior Specialist, Automation Engineer

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Huntsville, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

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Employers hiring for Plc on this page include Merck, Amgen, and L3Harris Technologies. Plc roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Plc is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Plc roles span the full seniority range — we list 32 open roles requiring Plc across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Plc hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Plc roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Plc candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Plc on current listings.

PLC Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 32+ plc jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Merck, Amgen, and L3Harris Technologies.

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