Senior Controls Engineer - Food Manufacturing & Automation

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

Job summary

General Mills in Fridley, MN is seeking a Controls Engineer to provide technical leadership for the site's electrical, instrumentation, and control systems. This role focuses on day‑to‑day plant support to improve safety, reliability, quality, and overall operational performance.

You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, electricians, technicians, engineers, and contractors to troubleshoot issues, update standards, review designs, and support capital projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field, with applicable experience.
• 2+ years of manufacturing/controls experience in industrial environment.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical/control schematics and understand industrial electrical systems.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with troubleshooting ability.
• Experience training and coaching others with different experience levels.

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 issues in support of operations and maintenance.
• Support strategic improvement efforts by applying controls and automation tech to remove losses in manufacturing.
• Support plant electrical safety efforts, including inspections, maintenance activities, safe work practices, and compliance initiatives.
• Maintain and improve site electrical and controls architecture (PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servers, etc.).
• Support plant capital projects as the site electrical and controls resource, with input on scope, design review, startup, 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

Industrial controls

Team coaching

Organization & planning

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field

Tools

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix

PanelView

RSLinx

AVEVA / Wonderware (InTouch, Historian, System Platform, InSql, Tag Server, DAS)

Job description

General Mills in Fridley, MN is seeking a Controls Engineer to provide technical leadership for the site's electrical, instrumentation, and control systems. This role focuses on day‑to‑day plant support to improve safety, reliability, quality, and overall operational performance.

You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, electricians, technicians, engineers, and contractors to troubleshoot issues, update standards, review designs, and support capital projects.