Senior DCS & Process Control Manager

Packaging-Corporation-of-America; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401k with employer match

Job summary

Packaging Corporation of America is seeking a Corporate Area Technical Manager in Lake Forest, IL to lead DCS hardware, tuning, and control system optimization across PCA facilities. You will coordinate with mill teams, corporate technology, and IT to ensure robust, secure, and reliable control systems.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and staying current with instrumentation and cybersecurity best practices across legacy and modern platforms.

Qualifications

• Broad technical expertise across DCS hardware platforms (Honeywell, ABB Bailey, Emerson DeltaV, Rockwell).
• Ability to tune and optimize control systems and instrumentation.
• Experience programming DCS logic and managing control system projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for DCS, QCS, PLC, and drives systems across mills.
• Lead or coordinate planning for system updates and reliability improvements.
• Promote best practices in control system design, cybersecurity, and lifecycle management.

Skills

Distributed Controls Systems hardware

Control Tuning

Instrumentation

DCS programming of logic

Project Management

Process Optimization

Job description

Packaging Corporation of America is seeking a Corporate Area Technical Manager in Lake Forest, IL to lead DCS hardware, tuning, and control system optimization across PCA facilities. You will coordinate with mill teams, corporate technology, and IT to ensure robust, secure, and reliable control systems.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and staying current with instrumentation and cybersecurity best practices across legacy and modern platforms.