Brewery Controls Engineer: PLC/SCADA & Automation

New Belgium Brewing Company Inc; Michigan; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

PTO

401k Match

Paid Caregiver Leave

Profit Sharing

Job summary

New Belgium Brewing Company Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to plan, design, and optimize our facility infrastructure and equipment across brewing, packaging, and utility systems.

You will support design reviews, develop P&ID concepts, and manage projects with internal and external teams. Ideal candidates have a engineering degree with 7+ years in brewing or F&B engineering, strong project management skills, and hands-on experience with AutoCAD, PLCs, and SCADA systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and 7+ years of experience in the field or equivalent.
• Knowledge in brewing and food and beverage engineering practices, brewery and process equipment, process flow, and facility requirements.
• Solid and proven experience delivering engineering projects; first round solution design, detailed P&ID development; mechanical drawing review; factory acceptance testing.
• Demonstrated project management/financial management expertise to include successfully managing projects, contractors, internal and external teams, budgets, scope, and timeline.
• Advanced computer skills including engineering applications and project management software including AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design, development, testing, and communication of new processes, systems, or equipment; review existing processes and develop solutions to increase productivity or reduce costs.
• Assist in creation and modification of engineering specifications.
• Provide technical support for the engineering process; troubleshoot and resolve issues; determine and evaluate corrective actions.
• Identify and resolve equipment, production, package, facility or process issues and document changes.
• Support the design, standardization, and implementation of industrial control systems (PLC, HMI) per standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams and system integrators to develop, review, and modify PLC and HMI logic for safe, reliable operation.
• Participate in design reviews and provide feedback for improvements.
• Support implementation of control measures to ensure reliability of engineering solutions.
• Collect data to support projects; monitor progress against plan; manage budgets, timelines, and procurement.
• Review policies to ensure accuracy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure safety targets are met; support on-call teams.

Skills

Engineering design

Project management

AutoCAD

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PLC and control systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

Wonderware SCADA

ProLeiT SCADA

Job description

New Belgium Brewing Company Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to plan, design, and optimize our facility infrastructure and equipment across brewing, packaging, and utility systems.

You will support design reviews, develop P&ID concepts, and manage projects with internal and external teams. Ideal candidates have a engineering degree with 7+ years in brewing or F&B engineering, strong project management skills, and hands-on experience with AutoCAD, PLCs, and SCADA systems.