Controls Engineer: PLC & Automation Leader

General Mills; Fridley (MN); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Controls Engineer for the Fridley manufacturing site to provide day-to-day electrical, instrumentation, and control systems support. You will work with operations, maintenance, electricians, contractors, and corporate resources to improve safety, reliability, quality, and performance.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting, standards compliance, control architecture development, and building site technical capability for 24/7 operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field with applicable experience

Responsibilities

• Provide tactical support to reduce issues affecting equipment reliability, plant performance, product quality, and safety
• Troubleshoot plant electrical, instrumentation, PLC, HMI, VFD, and network-related issues in support of operations and maintenance
• Support strategic improvement efforts by applying controls and automation technology to remove losses in the manufacturing process
• Support plant electrical safety efforts, including inspections, maintenance activities, safe work practices, and compliance initiatives
• Maintain and improve site electrical and controls architecture, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servers, and related infrastructure
• Support plant capital projects as the site electrical and controls resource as needed, with emphasis on scope input, design review, startup support, and standards compliance
• Build strong working relationships with operations, maintenance, leadership, electricians, contractors, integrators, vendors, and corporate engineering resources
• Coach and develop electricians, technicians, mechanics, and other plant personnel to strengthen the site's technical capability
• Support management of electrical and controls spare parts and storeroom inventory

Skills

Electrical schematics

Troubleshooting

Controls systems

PLC/SCADA

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix

PanelView

RSLinx

AVEVA/Wonderware

Job description

General Mills is seeking a Controls Engineer for the Fridley manufacturing site to provide day-to-day electrical, instrumentation, and control systems support. You will work with operations, maintenance, electricians, contractors, and corporate resources to improve safety, reliability, quality, and performance.

The role emphasizes troubleshooting, standards compliance, control architecture development, and building site technical capability for 24/7 operations.