Controls Engineer (Food & Beverage Manufacturer)

Baldwin Richardson Foods; Gananda (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Baldwin Richardson Foods in Gananda, NY seeks a Control Engineer to be the plant SME for manufacturing control systems on production lines. This hands-on role integrates into day-to-day operations, measuring output, analyzing quality issues, and recommending solutions.

You will design, develop, and commission PLC and HMI programs, perform PID tuning, and support startup training while coordinating with maintenance, operations, and leadership to meet production schedules.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Automation, or related technical degree.
• Three (3)+ years experience in high speed manufacturing.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing processes and concepts.

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 related to integrating control systems with other 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 contributor to capital projects and non-capital process improvements.

Skills

Control systems

PLC programming

HMI programming

PID tuning

Electrical schematics

Lean manufacturing

Troubleshooting

Education

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Technology

Automation

Job description

The Control Engineer will act as the plant SME on the manufacturing control systems in our production lines. This will be done through measurement of output performance, analyzing issues with production quality, and then recommending solutions. They will work in concert with Production, Maintenance, Operations Performance Managers, and leadership to ensure adherence to the production schedule so that BRF may keep our business running and producing for our customers and consumers. This is a hands-on role that is integrated into the day-to-day operation of the production floor.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• 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, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (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.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Automation, or related technical degree.
• Three (3)+ years 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.