As a Senior Controls Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the provision of a safe work environment and work practices through demonstrated safety leadership toward the journey to become an injury free workplace.
• Providing leadership and strategy in the execution of process automation, PLC programming, capital programs, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget.
• Establishing clear goals for the facility which align with the corporate engineering strategy, supporting innovation and growth, setting strategy, KPIs, and deliverables for automation continuous improvement.
• Provide technical support to the overall facility, including process studies, root cause analysis, troubleshooting and process optimization while keeping historical data, to analyze and to monitor key efficiencies and parameters against design to assist with troubleshooting and meeting costs and production goals.
• Ensure the compliance with all plant regulatory, ISO, Quality, Food Safety systems, GMP policies, guidelines, standards and requirements.
• Developing, implementing, and sustaining continuous improvement automation projects by supporting Lean elements in all aspects of the plant.
• Participate in control systems lifecycle planning to ensure instrumentation and control systems are supportable and fit for use as they approach obsolescence.
• Identifying improvement margin (safety, quality, service, cost reduction) and analyzing, recommending, and implementing process improvements to drive organizational effectiveness.
• Lead and support root cause analysis that utilizes team problem solving approaches to resolve issues identified in design or manufacturing and supporting execution of corrective actions.
• Identifying areas of opportunity and initiating projects with achievable goals, facilitating and implementing Continual Improvement automation projects, sustaining, improving, and streamlining overall processes within the plant.
• Keeping current in discipline, to assess new technologies and ideas, to develop, evaluate, and seek approval for new concepts to improve the efficiency and capability of the process and the product quality.
• Conduct process automation training and ensure documentation is up to date when projects are complete.
• Assisting Operations and Maintenance in continuous training to maintain employee proficiency.
• Manage systems, service contracts or software licenses as directed to maintain the overall instrumentation and controls systems.
• Mentor new or less experienced controls engineers/technicians in areas of expertise to develop their value to the business.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Controls and automation experience in food, pharmaceutical, or nutraceutical preferred
• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or equivalent and a minimum of 7 years’ experience in process controls and/or automation in a continuous/batch operation facility, including leading/implementing process improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and the ability to concisely communicate objectives and results to reach targeted goals.
• Knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, FDA regulations, and Food Safety principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing several projects/initiatives at one time, financial acumen, and advanced problem-solving/troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AC/DC motor drives, control valve theory of operation, application, selection, specification, and installation.
• Demonstrated experience with AutoCAD schematic drawings or electrical package equivalent.
• Demonstrated knowledge of analog control theory, configuration, and tuning.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage all process automation activities within a plant environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team with strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and significant experience with the plant process controls systems: Allen-Bradley, ControlLogix, CompactLogix, SLC500, PLCs, Rockwell, HMI InTouch, IoT, and Aspen/Wonderware historian experience minimum