Senior DCS & Process Control Leader

Packaging Corporation of America; Town of Tomahawk (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three weeks vacation per year

Paid holidays

401k with company match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life, AD&D, and disability insurance

Job summary

Packaging Corporation of America is seeking a Corporate Area Technical Manager to oversee and optimize DCS environments across PCA mills. You will provide technical leadership for DCS/PLC/QCS systems, guide training, and drive reliability improvements in 24/7 production settings.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of process control experience, hands‑on expertise with Honeywell/ABB/Emerson/Rockwell platforms, and a proactive, service‑oriented approach.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in process control environments.
• Strong DCS hardware/software knowledge including multiple platforms.
• Experience leading capital projects, upgrades, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to Corporate and mill teams responsible for DCS, QCS, PLC, and drives systems
• Identify, recommend, and deliver DCS training opportunities for control system engineers and technicians
• Engage early in capital project development to ensure proper specification and supportability of control system equipment
• Establish DCS lifecycle management expectations to inform capital planning and long‑term system reliability
• Support corporate control system audits, assessments, and improvement initiatives
• Partner with Operations, IT, and Controls organizations to develop and promote control system best practices
• Lead or coordinate planning activities for system updates, upgrades, and reliability improvements
• Travel as needed to support capital projects, reliability initiatives, troubleshooting efforts, and system upgrades
• Develop practical and creative solutions to improve cybersecurity posture on legacy control system platforms
• Stay current on supplier advisories, known issues, knowledge base articles, software updates, and emerging risks
• Ensure DCS initiatives remain aligned with risk management, production continuity, and operational resilience

Skills

DCS hardware

Control Tuning

Instrumentation

DCS programming

Project Management

DCS Upgrades

Process Optimization

Project Budget estimations

MS Office

Job description

Packaging Corporation of America is seeking a Corporate Area Technical Manager to oversee and optimize DCS environments across PCA mills. You will provide technical leadership for DCS/PLC/QCS systems, guide training, and drive reliability improvements in 24/7 production settings.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of process control experience, hands‑on expertise with Honeywell/ABB/Emerson/Rockwell platforms, and a proactive, service‑oriented approach.