Controls Engineer-Clif Bar

Mondelez International; Indianapolis, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Life insurance

Retirement plans

Paid leave

Job summary

Mondelez International is seeking a Controls Engineer for the Clif Bar Plant in Indianapolis, IN. The role focuses on automation, PLC/HMI programming, and reliable manufacturing systems to improve rate, yield, and safety.

You will mentor technicians, drive standardization, and support upgrades while ensuring quality and food safety compliance. The position requires strong collaboration across engineering, maintenance, and quality teams, with hands-on problem solving and training responsibilities

Qualifications

• Mentor and guide junior technicians to share knowledge and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance reliability, control strategies, and standardization.
• Troubleshoot process, control, and electrical equipment; maintain system integrity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical, controls, and process drawings.
• Ensure plant modifications meet Federal/State/local codes and regulations.
• Maintain equipment reliability with maintenance and engineering input.
• Provide training on electronics and controls to maintenance techs.

Skills

Mentor technicians

Continuous improvement

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS Electrical Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

RSLogix 5/5000

Wonderware HMI

SCADA

Job description

## Controls Engineer-Clif BarApplylocations: Indianapolis, Indiana, United Statestime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R-175054## Job Description**Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?****Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.**Mondelez (MDLZ) International, Inc is on a mission to lead the future of snacking by offering the right snack, at the right time, made the right way. Working for a global company with iconic brands, and supporting the Clif Bar business, you'll have a chance to make impactful changes. To your career. To your community. To your planet. And, to your life! Provide automation and controls support for multiple production lines to ensure the efficient production of a quality product. Focus on maintaining safe and reliable manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs, and changeovers. **Location:**This position is an onsite role, based in Indianapolis, IN at the Clif Bar Plant.**How you will contribute**· Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior technicians promoting knowledge sharing, troubleshooting expertise, and adherence to engineering best practices.· Drive continues improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance system reliability, optimize control strategies, and champion standardization across automation platforms.· Ensure personal safety, food safety and quality protocols are followed. · Manage and execute the modification and optimization of instrumentation and control systems including PLC programs and HMI applications. · Develop and maintain facility As-Built Electrical, Controls, and Process Drawings. Develop and maintain control system documentation and documentation change control procedures. · Ensure plant modifications, upgrades, and new installations comply with Federal, State, and Local engineering codes and regulations. · Maintain a high level of equipment reliability utilizing maintenance, engineering, and appropriate resources to resolve equipment availability issues. · Provide technical resources for incident investigation, cause analysis, and corrective action. Participate when requested in the finished product and raw ingredient non-conformance process. · Assist in developing and delivering electronics and controls training for the maintenance technicians. · Manage calibration of plant instrumentation. · Troubleshoot process, control, and electrical equipment. · Work with the engineering, maintenance, and quality departments to ensure accurate and timely information is provided to ensure and verify the quality of finished product. · Ensure that the processes in the plant do not deviate from the validated conditions. · Perform other related duties as requested**What you will bring**A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:* An agility over perfection attitude.* Be flexible and available to interact and connect with people at all levels in the organization.* Be self-directed and motivated.* Identify areas for process improvements through analysis of efficiency data and process review. Include improving equipment performance and creating troubleshooting tools.* Provide night and weekend coverage as needed, with on-call status with expectations of immediate response.* Strong ability to inspire and motivate self and others.* Able to work collaboratively with all teams and departments to continuously improve equipment reliability and uptime in the facility.* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective relationships with peers and leaders across an organization.* Creatively manage numerous tasks and set priorities to solve and prevent problems, with the ability to delegate work responsibilities as required.* Ability to prepare reports and correspondence and to perform analytical tasks of test data.* Ability to assist in project management and to apply principles of logical and scientific thinking to the resolution of problems.* Display individual leadership skills, resolve problems/conflicts, and mentor/coach as needed.* Take ownership for actions, behaviors and contributions while inspiring and motivating self and others.**More about this role****Technical Experience*** Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook calendar and email management, and written and oral communication skills.* Strong understanding of manufacturing and maintenance requirements to meet personnel safety, food safety, and quality standards.* Strong knowledge of AB, Fanuc and Wonderware.* Knowledge of NEC, OSHA, ISA, and ANSI requirements.* Ability to troubleshoot problems related to PLCs, HMIs, Ethernet communications, sensors, robots, servo drives, and vision systems.* Troubleshoot and maintain Allen-Bradley MicroLogix and ControlLogix hardware.* Perform Allen-Bradley PLC programming implementing RSLogix5, RSLRSLogix5000 software.* Perform Allen-Bradley PowerFlex Series variable frequency drive programming.* Troubleshoot and maintain Ethernet, Allen-Bradley Remote I/O and DeviceNet/ControlNet communication networks.* Ability to read and troubleshoot using blueprints and electrical schematics.* Experienced at training maintenance and production personnel.* Experience with previous manufacturing plant or line start-ups a strong plus.* Experience with SCADA highly desired.**Education / Certifications:**· Minimum of 4-year B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred.· Minimum of 5 years’ experience in automation and controls in a production facility.· Experience in a manufacturing or food production environment a plus.## **Salary and Benefits:**The base salary range for this position is $109,000 to $149,875; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.## Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy## **Business Unit Summary**The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal