Senior Controls Engineer - Food Manufacturing

About the role

The Senior Controls Engineer leads power and control systems strategy across the plant, owning systems optimization, power distribution, IO layout, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages power and control standards and ensures their application across all projects and upgrades.
• Leads execution of the site masterplan for power and controls systems, including assessment of the installed base and a replacement plan for obsolete equipment and technologies.
• Buils and maintains a sustainable skill development system for plant E&I technicians and ensures technician compliance with local and national regulatory codes, including NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NFPA 79, and OSHA 1910.
• Validates MES data from PLCs and supports plant process engineers in conditioning PLC data for effective analysis and application development.
• Provides support for machine control and process automation design, including control strategies, HMI design, MES applications, and KPI development.
• Identifies losses across safety, quality, reliability, and cost, and develops strategies to eliminate them.
• Owning key elements related to electrical safety (LOTO, electrical PPE, energized work permits, low voltage qualification) and quality and food safety compliance (checkweighers, metal detectors, vision systems, ingredient flows, temperatures).
• Serves as project manager on initiatives ranging from E&I-focused projects to full capital projects.
• Applies control, simulation, and process modeling technologies to improve process and packaging operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 2+ years of controls or electrical engineering experience
• Experience with PLC platforms such as Allen Bradley ControlLogix
• Experience with HMI software such as Wonderware
• Experience with Rockwell FactoryTalk software
• Working knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NFPA 79, and OSHA 1910 standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a food and beverage or regulated manufacturing environment
• Experience with MES systems or data historian applications
• Project management experience on capital projects
• Experience developing technician training programs

Pay

$85,000 to $110,000 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Paid time off