Senior Controls Engineer

Senior Controls Engineer

The Sr. Controls Engineer (supports several manufacturing plants) position will coordinate the design, installation and start-up of process control, network, electrical, plant construction or process equipment projects for Feed Manufacturing Operations and other business units.

Position is responsible for development of the project scope and driving process improvements with the Region Director of Manufacturing, International Business Teams and Plant Managers as well as project and process design, capital and expense estimates, contractor selection, equipment specifications and purchases, implementation timeline and coordinate implementation plans for the projects. This position will provide recommended methods and standard operating practices to provide safe and effective control, optimize processes and meet product specifications with a major focus on PLC equipment and processes.

Location: Virtual (preference for Arden Hills, MN)

Travel Required: Position involves domestic and limited international travel. 50-75% targeted, including weekends as needed

Required Education & Skills:

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree in engineering with concentration in Mechanical, Agricultural, Food, Industrial, Feed Process Engineering or related degree and 10+ years related work experience.
• Technical processing expertise for Operations in Animal Feed, Food or related industries
• Solid working knowledge of mechanical or agricultural engineering and processing plants and equipment
• Successful experience in the development and refinement of process equipment projects and managing construction projects
• Individual is highly organized, proficient, and knowledgeable in most current grain or food processing systems
• Proven track record of Project Management and driving Process Improvements. Ability to manage multiple projects and cost initiatives.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, as well as Adobe/Bluebeam, AutoCAD and SKM.

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Highly effective communications is required and ability to modify communications approach to reach operators, supervisors, and Plant Managers. Strong interpersonal skills are required to sell and implement improvement projects.
• Ability to collaborate closely with operators on the plant and processing floor to understand equipment variables and equipment operations.
• Ability to understand root cause of problems and develop solutions is critical to success. Fact based reasoning and recommendations are essential to optimizing process variables and systems. Visualize process and building revisions and improvements.

This position will involve 50% to 75% travel and will involve exposure to all shifts to allow training and operations improvements to be refined and fully implemented. Project installations can be up to 3 weeks in duration, including weekends. Significant time required in manufacturing facilities which have typical levels of dust and noise.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Plant design background.
• In-depth knowledge of food/animal feed processing plant and technology.
• Allen-Bradley PLC (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix) and HMI (FactoryTalk View ME/SE) coding and implementation experience.
• Allen Bradley VFD and SMC Soft Start control and configuration.
• Basic CISCO switch configuration and troubleshooting
• Process Control and Electrical documentation creation and management.

The annual salary range for this role is $123,920.00- $185,880.00 In most cases candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges.

Grade: E15