PLC Controls Engineer

Lead Engineer OpportunityIn this role, you'd serve as a key technical leader within the plant, particularly around power and control systems. It's very hands-on—supporting equipment reliability, troubleshooting issues, and helping ensure systems are operating safely and efficiently within your area, whether that's Bakery or Sandwich Making. You'd also play an important role in developing technicians, so lots of mentoring and coaching and empowering your team to be confident to make decisions on their own as well as optimizing systems and driving continuous improvement to meet reliability and performance targets.Location: McCalla, ALWork Arrangements: Monday–Friday with flexibility to support operations during occasional evenings, nights, or weekends, based on operational and business needs.In this role you will:Serves as primary administrator and troubleshooter for plant power and control systems and is a key member of plant technical leadership.Builds and maintains a sustainable system for plant E&I skill development. Coaches the area E&I Coordinator on skill assessment and development of operating and E&I technicians within the department. Works with the site Controls Engineering Manager to build and maintain sustainable process and machine control onboarding and ongoing development systems for plant Process Engineers, Interns and Area Leaders.Works with the site Controls Engineering Manager to develop power and control standards and ensure application of the standards in their area of responsibility.Knows, communicates, and ensures technician compliance to local and national regulator codes (NFPA 70, NFPA 70e, NFPA 79 and OSHA 1910). Is also responsible for ensuring equipment and safe practice compliance in their area of responsibility.Responsible for validation of the MES data from PLC into Proficy. Support plant PEs in conditioning PLC data to accommodate effective data analysis including application development.Owns the validity and ongoing system for maintaining the site sustainability metering equipment (power monitors and usage flow meters). Owns using the power monitoring data and developing plans to reduce overall consumption and costs.Provides expertise in the design and implementation of machine control and process automation applications, such as: control strategies, HMI design, MES applications and KPI development.Works Controls Engineering Manager, department management and technicians to identify losses, and develop plans and strategies to eliminate them, in the areas of safety, quality, reliability and cost.Owns parts or whole Key Elements for systems related to power and control system such as electrical safety (LOTO, Electrical PPE, Energized work permits, low voltage qualification, etc.) and Quality/CCP compliance (checkweighers, metal detectors, vision systems, ingredient flows, temperatures, etc.).Works closely with engineering and operations leaders on selection and installation/start-up of new equipment. Becomes the technical expert on new equipment and ensures the training of others with regard to control systems.Serves as project manager for initiatives ranging from E&I focused projects to complete capital projects.Provides power and controls engineering support on capital initiatives in their area of responsibility.Provides support throughout other parts of the plant as needed on a daily basis.Learns and applies advance control, simulation and process modeling technologies to analyze and improve overall process and packaging operations.What we are looking for:Minimum Requirements:BS in Engineering or another Technical degree preferred, Associates Degree RequiredMinimum of 4 years of relevant controls experience is requiredMinimum of 1 to 3 years of leadership experience is required, including people leadership, supervision, management, and/or project leadership/project management roles that demonstrate the ability to influence others, drive execution, and achieve business objectives.Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience is requiredMechanical and electrical experience in food manufacturing is preferredAdditional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:Ability to effectively engage, lead, and build capability on the floorAbility to work and manage within a team environmentStrong knowledge of machine and/or process control hardware, instrumentation and software including Allen Bradley PLC and Rockwell FactoryTalk platformsWorking knowledge of NFPA and OSHA guidelines related to electrical equipment and practicesUnderstanding of technical systems and terminologyExperience learning and integrating new technologiesExperience leading the installation of equipment in food manufacturing environmentDemonstrated results in manufacturing maintenance utilizing maintenance systemsExperience with plant systems software (Proficy, Project Management, eAM, etc.)Self-motivated and able to motivate othersStrong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skillsEffective presentation, verbal, and written communication skillsProficient in Microsoft Suite applicationsExcellent interpersonal skillsSome travel may be required for plant start upWillingness to work off-shifts or weekends as neededWillingness to relocate for future opportunitiesThe Right Place for YouWe are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.