Senior Controls Engineer - Lead Multi-Site Automation

Coca-Cola Bottlers (CONA Services); Sandston (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Bottlers (CONA Services) is seeking a Controls Engineer to direct and provide strategic controls guidance across manufacturing and warehousing. You will establish standardized best practices, oversee multi-site implementations, and lead cross-functional teams in electrical and automation projects.

The role requires designing control systems for PLC-driven equipment, mentoring plant engineers, and traveling 50–70% to support locations.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 2-4 years equivalent related work experience
• Driver’s license required
• Bachelor’s degree (4 years)
• Electrical Engineering or Controls experience
• Continuous flow conveyor style systems experience
• AB or Rockwell Automation documented training courses or certifications
• Work environments will vary, including noisy and non-temperature-controlled environments or extreme temperatures
• Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Responsibilities

• Serves as both a technical expert and a leader within the Company and leads by influence and expertise
• Develops high-level control strategies for all automated equipment in our warehouse and manufacturing facilities
• Develops a control strategy for automated production facility machinery to include all PLC-driven equipment
• Assists with the design and development of control systems for new equipment and systems
• Serves as the Company Controls expert and power user and provides guidance to the Director of Engineering, the Senior Director of Manufacturing, Plant Managers, and Vertique Systems Managers
• Establishes an overarching controls philosophy and logic for all equipment systems within the company by establishing coding rules and controls procedures for specific types of manufacturing cells and documenting these practices to ensure standardization
• Troubleshoots, tests, and repairs control systems and assists and provides control logic guidance and training to plant Maintenance Managers
• Supervise,educate, and train plant-level control engineers while maintaining expertise within the Controls Engineer field and shouldstay abreast of new technology, emerging software code, and new equipment

Job description

Coca-Cola Bottlers (CONA Services) is seeking a Controls Engineer to direct and provide strategic controls guidance across manufacturing and warehousing. You will establish standardized best practices, oversee multi-site implementations, and lead cross-functional teams in electrical and automation projects.

The role requires designing control systems for PLC-driven equipment, mentoring plant engineers, and traveling 50–70% to support locations.