Electrical & Automation Leader – Plant Operations

POM Wonderful; Del Rey (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Career advancement opportunities

Professional development and training

Job summary

POM Wonderful is seeking an Electrical & Controls Manager to lead plant electrical, controls, automation, and OT support across processing, packaging, and utilities. You will guide a technical team, collaborate with operations and maintenance, and drive reliability improvements and safety standards.

The role focuses on modernizing legacy control systems, implementing lifecycle strategies, and delivering measurable gains in OEE, quality, and throughput. Travel regionally as needed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing electrical, automation, controls, or reliability teams within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and external vendors or contractors.
• Proven experience managing multiple priorities including production support, capital projects, continuous improvement initiatives, and emergency plant support.
• Experience supporting high-speed manufacturing, packaging, or processing operations within food, beverage, CPG, or related industrial environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of reliability methodologies, root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement principles.
• Working knowledge of electrical safety standards and safe work practices including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash, and machine safety systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and manage the electrical and controls team through clear expectations, scheduling, training, performance management, and accountability for execution.
• Own plant support for PLC, HMI, VFD, instrumentation, power distribution, safety circuits, and supervisory systems across Fresh, Arils & Beverage processes.
• Provide direct technical leadership for advanced troubleshooting of electrical, automation, networking, and controls-related failures using schematics, software tools, and field diagnostics.
• Drive control system lifecycle management, including migration plans for obsolete PLC, HMI, network, and drive platforms.
• Lead integration and startup of new equipment, as well as controls upgrades for existing lines, utility systems, and facility infrastructure.
• Support plant electrical infrastructure and low-voltage control systems, including troubleshooting, design review, documentation updates, and expansion planning.
• Support plant data and digital initiatives through historians, MES, SQL-connected systems, reporting tools, and machine-level integration projects.
• Use CMMS data, downtime trends, and failure history to prioritize reliability actions and capital improvements.
• Provide on-call or escalated support for critical production issues, shutdowns, startups, and major project activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with electrical safety requirements, arc flash expectations, LOTO practices, and machine safety standards; elevate material risks to plant leadership.
• Manage approved controls contractors, system integrators, and vendors to ensure work is executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to plant standards.

Skills

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Continuous improvement

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Automation or Mechatronics background

Tools

AutoCAD

AutoCAD Electrical

Visio

PanelView Plus / FactoryTalk View

Siemens S7 / TIA Portal

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix/MicroLogix

PQ/PLC programming and diagnostics

Job description

POM Wonderful is seeking an Electrical & Controls Manager to lead plant electrical, controls, automation, and OT support across processing, packaging, and utilities. You will guide a technical team, collaborate with operations and maintenance, and drive reliability improvements and safety standards.

The role focuses on modernizing legacy control systems, implementing lifecycle strategies, and delivering measurable gains in OEE, quality, and throughput. Travel regionally as needed.