Senior Plant Engineer

Amherst, VA - USA

Full time

23080

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Your role at Clorox:

The Senior Plant Engineer serves as a key technical and operational leader responsible for maximizing the reliability, performance, and long-term sustainability of the site's manufacturing assets, utilities, and infrastructure. This role drives plant-wide engineering strategy, asset management, capital project execution, equipment modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and capacity. Leveraging deep technical expertise and strong cross-functional leadership, the Senior Plant Engineer partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, HSE&S, R&D, and Central Engineering teams to identify opportunities, solve complex operational challenges, and implement innovative solutions that strengthen plant performance, support business growth, and advance operational excellence.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the design, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of plant electrical distribution systems, including low- and medium-voltage infrastructure.

• Maintain electrical system documentation, including single-line diagrams, arc-flash studies, load calculations, and protective device coordination while ensuring compliance with NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and corporate standards.

• Manage electrical contractors and vendors, ensuring safe work execution, adherence to specifications, and successful project delivery.

• Lead approximately 15 annual electrical and controls capital projects totaling ~$3.5M, including scope development, vendor selection, installation, commissioning, and asset lifecycle planning.

• Serve as the plant subject matter expert for PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, VFDs, instrumentation, industrial control systems, and automation technologies.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance control logic, HMI interfaces, automation standards, and change-management procedures while supporting system upgrades and migrations.

• Troubleshoot complex electrical and process control issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve reliability, uptime, and product quality.

• Own the architecture, reliability, cybersecurity, and performance of the plant OT network, partnering with IT on network segmentation, firewalls, VLANs, secure remote access, and ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST compliance.

• Drive predictive and preventive maintenance strategies, electrical and controls standardization initiatives, energy-efficiency projects, and power-quality improvements aligned with the site's long-term EIC roadmap.

• Provide technical leadership, training, and mentoring for maintenance, operations, engineering, EHS, and IT teams, fostering safe work practices and successful project execution.

What we look for:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of manufacturing or industrial experience.

• Hands-on experience with PLCs, HMIs, and industrial automation systems, preferably Allen-Bradley/Rockwell.

• Strong troubleshooting skills in electrical, controls, and automation systems, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Experience leading automation or electrical capital projects from planning through commissioning.

• Knowledge of OSHA regulations, lockout/tagout (LOTO), arc-flash, and electrical safety standards.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional teams.

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Workplace type:

Onsite

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[U.S.]Additional Information:

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

-Zone A: $90,900 - $170,100

-Zone B: $83,400 - $155,900

-Zone C: $75,800 - $141,700

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox's incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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