Electrical Controls Engineer - Buffalo Trace Distillery

UNAVAILABLE; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Buffalo Trace Distillery seeks a Controls/Electrical Engineer to lead maintenance team activities, ensure uptime, and manage projects across the distillery in Frankfort, KY. You will develop a production automation plan for PLCs, HMIs, and VFDs, and supervise 3–5 technicians while upholding safety and quality standards.

Ideal candidates have an engineering degree, 5+ years of relevant electrical experience, and hands-on PLC programming knowledge (Allen-Bradley).

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years relevant electrical experience.
• 3 years hands-on electrical experience and PLC programming.
• Allen-Bradley hardware experience.
• MS Office proficiency.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Electrical/Instrumentation maintenance team.
• Develop and implement production automation plans for PLCs/HMI/VARs.
• Support safety, quality, and environmental policies.
• Train and supervise 3–5 technicians.
• Ensure uptime via preventive/reactive maintenance and problem-solving.
• Identify cost-saving initiatives and maintain documentation.

Skills

Electrical experience

Allen-Bradley PLC

PLC programming

MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Planning & organizing

Multi-project management

Electrical engineering knowledge

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

Rockwell Automation controls

PCs/LANs/WANs

Job description

Company/Location Overview

Buffalo Trace Distillery is an American family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. The Distillery's rich tradition dates back to 1773 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee.

Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational Distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site andis a National Historic Landmark as well as is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Distillery has won 17 distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. It was named “Brand Innovator of the Year”by Whisky Magazine at its Icons of Whisky America Awards 2015. Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 300 awards forits wide range of premium whiskies. The distillery is part of the Sazerac family of companies.

For more information, please visitwww.buffalotracedistillery.com or www.sazerac.com.

Job Description/Responsibilities

The Controls/Electrical Engineer is responsible for the direction and focus of the Controls/Electrical Maintenance Team activities. Organize workloads, provide technical support, and manage work quality for responsible areas; to ensure at least a 95% uptime through support of preventive/reactive maintenance, project management, systems control and general engineering.

• Lead the development of a production automation plan for BTD that will help specify and develop hardware and software platforms throughout the distillery. Support production through the implementation and continued support of these systems as we work to develop an expandable control and monitoring system facility wide. Identify and lead cost savings initiatives within the organization
• Our vision for the Controls Engineer is to help/guide us to develop/establish a uniform platform for all our PLC’s, HMI’s, VFD’s and overall controls. This will lead to not only improved productivity as we become apt to address issues more reliability in a quick manner it will also help in both Electrical Safety and operation safety. Support the overall facility safety program through excellence in project management, maintenance, problem identification, and supervision and participate in the Crisis Management Project and become SME on maintenance related items with the CM plan by understanding potential crises and appropriate responses.
• Trains and supervises 3 - 5 Electrical/Instrumentation technicians that support the facilities and electrical/ automation needs. Evaluates employee performance and skill level to determine skill improvement needs and develops improvement plans to address. Creates and develops a personal development plan with Plant Engineer to improve a skill/competency that will develop personal skills and improve performance.
• Ensure adherence to Personal Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies and Practices. Lead the development and on-going updates of SOP's and processes related to MRO inventory and preventive maintenance scheduling.
• Meets and exceeds customer expectations through supervision of Maintenance employees to deliver product on time within budget and to meet quality specifications. Troubleshoots operating problems, evaluates the situation and coordinates resolution.
• Provide leadership to Maintenance employees in a manner consistent with the culture of the company. Ensures employees are treated fairly and with respect. Creates a team environment where all employees are encouraged to make a difference in meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Participates in efforts to address issues identified through climate surveys and make the Company "one of the industry's most desired places to be."
• Ensures all projects and initiatives are implemented in compliance with Regulatory and Environmental guidelines
• Keeps abreast of all technological advancements and establishes/implements a plan to train our technicians and raise the level of technical knowledge within our facility
• Assist in development of a preventative/predictive maintenance program for electrical and controls infrastructure to include, cleaning, back-up, program logging, and thermal scanning. Maintain the documentation system, MP2, for data collection during repairs and PM activities in order to monitor deterioration rates and identify critical failure points.

Qualifications/Requirements

Must

• Engineering or related degree or equivalent experience
• 5 years relevant experience (minimum)
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• 3 years hands on electrical experience, Allen Bradley PLC programming and hardware experience, equipment trouble shooting experience
• BSEE, BSEET, ASEE, ASEET or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills

Preferred

• Proficient in Auto-Cad Software
• Rockwell Automation controls training
• Working knowledge of PC's, LAN's and WAN's

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