Controls Engineer

Fresh Express Salads; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express Salads in California is seeking a Controls Engineer to maintain readiness of packaging and PLC equipment in the plant and to provide technical leadership.

You will supervise technicians, lead PLC efforts, implement changes, and support safety and quality initiatives in a wet, cold production environment.

The role requires extensive troubleshooting and a degreed engineer with hands-on experience in electrical and mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• 10 years of troubleshooting and maintenance experience in mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience supervising maintenance personnel in a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain operational readiness of packaging and PLC equipment in the plant.
• Supervise Packaging Technicians to maintain equipment.
• Resolve production packaging maintenance issues.
• Support safety initiatives in the plant.
• Ensure good quality of the product.
• Lead PLC efforts in the plant.
• Make PLC programming changes as needed.
• Manage electronic controls projects.
• Work in cold and wet environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

PLC Troubleshooting

Electrical Systems

Mechanical Troubleshooting

Supervisory Experience

Education

BSME

BSEE

BSEET

BSIE

Tools

PLC Programming

SCADA

Job description

The Controls Engineer maintains the readiness of packaging and PLC equipment used in the production process as well as influencing the quality and safety efforts in the plant manufacturing. This position helps develop packaging technicians, maintain equipment, and provide technical leadership to move the company forward and meet its goals.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintain operational readiness of packaging and PLC equipment in the plant
• Supervise Packaging Technicians, efforts to maintain equipment
• Resolve production packaging maintenance issues
• Support safety initiatives in the plant
• Ensure good quality of the product
• Manage packaging equipment projects
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Lead All PLC efforts in the Plant
• Make any necessary PLC programming changes
• Manage electronic Controls projects
• Working within cold and wet environment

Position Experience Qualifications:

• Electronic, Mechanical and PLC Troubleshooting Experience
• 10 years experiences in mechanical, electrical systems troubleshooting and maintenance and in supervising maintenance personnel

Position Education & Training Preferred:

• BSME, or BSEE, BSEET, BSIE, Undergraduate degree in technical electronic field

Other Information:

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.