Control Systems Engineer - On-Site (Food Manufacturing)

Baldwin Richardson Foods; Macedon (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baldwin Richardson Foods is seeking a Control Engineer for on-site operations in Macedon, NY. This hands-on role requires leading electrical and control system initiatives on production lines, supporting capital projects, and driving process improvements.

The successful candidate will troubleshoot, develop PLC/HMI programs, and provide start-up training while coordinating with Maintenance, Operations, and Leadership to meet production schedules.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related technical degree.
• 3+ years of experience in high-speed manufacturing.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing processes and concepts.
• Ability to provide 24/7/365 support within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to support electrical and controls portions of production, capital projects, and process improvements.
• Troubleshoot and eliminate control systems issues and handle controls projects.
• Develop new control and monitoring systems conforming to ISA and CSI standards.
• Extend start-up support and training for control and monitoring systems.
• Effectively respond to downtime events impacting production.
• Reverse engineer current systems and programs for performing failure recovery.
• Identify, recommend, and implement production improvement initiatives associated with delivering control systems to integrate with other processing or electro-mechanical equipment.
• Design and develop PLC and HMI programs, IO Configuration, Electrical and Network Schematics, P&IDs.
• Commission control systems, including device configuration, I/O checkout, PID tuning, water testing, CIP testing, and production testing.
• Support new equipment start-up training initiatives as required.
• Act as a key individual contributor to support company objectives with respect to the implementation of capital projects and non-capital process improvements.
• Work closely with maintenance and production to assure appropriate resources are trained on process and control systems.

Skills

Automation

Lean Manufacturing

Troubleshooting

PLC programming

HMI programming

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

PLC

HMI

IO Configuration

Electrical Schematics

P&IDs

PID tuning

Job description

Baldwin Richardson Foods is seeking a Control Engineer for on-site operations in Macedon, NY. This hands-on role requires leading electrical and control system initiatives on production lines, supporting capital projects, and driving process improvements.

The successful candidate will troubleshoot, develop PLC/HMI programs, and provide start-up training while coordinating with Maintenance, Operations, and Leadership to meet production schedules.