Automation and Process Control Engineer

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Are you ready to apply your automation expertise to improve manufacturing performance, reliability, and process safety in a world-class biotechnology environment?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Health and Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer, and industrial markets.

The Automation and Process Control Engineer role is based in Beloit, Wisconsin (on-site role).

Be part of a collaborative, solution-oriented, growth-focused, and innovative team where together we can achieve excellence and make a meaningful impact.

Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Design, configure, test, and commission process control systems, including Distributed Control Systems and Programmable Logic Controllers , to support safe and efficient manufacturing operations.
• Develop, implement, and optimize control strategies, including Proportional-Integral-Derivative control loops, to improve process stability, reliability, and performance.
• Serve as the site subject matter expert for process automation systems, instrumentation, and control technologies.
• Lead and support automation, modernization, and capital improvement projects, including system upgrades, commissioning, start-up activities, and lifecycle management.
• Partner with manufacturing, operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and implement effective automation solutions.
• Maintain and enhance human-machine interface systems, operator graphics, and related visualization tools to improve operational effectiveness and user experience.
• Troubleshoot and support plant-wide automation infrastructure, including control systems, data historians, instrumentation, and industrial communication networks.
• Participate in and lead investigations related to automation and control system events, completing root cause analysis and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Provide technical support for continuous manufacturing operations, including occasional off-hours support for critical automation and process control issues.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Alternatively, ten or more years of directly relevant automation, controls, or process control experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of five years of hands-on experience supporting industrial process control and automation systems.
• Experience designing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Distributed Control Systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Emerson DeltaV or similar platforms such as Honeywell Experion or Yokogawa CENTUM.
• Proven ability to develop and modify control logic, functional specifications, control narratives, alarm strategies, and system configurations.
• Experience supporting chemical, biotechnology, food, or other process manufacturing operations utilizing continuous or batch processing.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation, including Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams , control logic diagrams, and electrical drawings.
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management programs, including Process Hazard Analysis and Management of Change processes.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience with advanced Distributed Control System applications, batch automation systems, and complex process control strategies.
• Background supporting highly regulated or high-hazard manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with data historians, manufacturing analytics tools, or continuous improvement methodologies focused on structured problem solving.

Why Choose Us?

• Opportunity to work with advanced automation and process control technologies in a leading biotechnology manufacturing environment.
• Competitive Benefits (US): Our benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation, holidays, 16 weeks paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan. IFF was also recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Perks & Benefits.
• Career growth opportunities within a global organization committed to innovation and sustainability.
• Collaborative and inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning.
• Exposure to large-scale capital projects, process improvements, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Support for professional development, technical training, and ongoing career advancement.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more