Senior Engineer, Controls

The J.M. Smucker Co.; McCalla (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The J.M. Smucker Co. is hiring a Senior Controls Engineer to lead power and control systems, drive reliability, and champion process improvements at the McCalla, AL facility.

You will troubleshoot, validate PLC data to MES systems, and support sustainability and energy-cost reduction initiatives while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance across the site.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or higher is required.
• 4 years of relevant controls experience.
• 5 years of manufacturing experience.
• Controls system experience such as Allen Bradley or Siemens.
• Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an administrator and troubleshooter for plant power and control systems and is a key member of plant technical team.
• Work with the site Technical Manager and Plant Engineer to build and maintain sustainable processes, systems, and machine control onboarding and ongoing development systems.
• Ensure compliance with local and national regulator codes and maintain equipment safety practices in their area.
• Validate operating data from PLC into MES systems and support conditioning PLC data for analysis.
• Support sustainability metering equipment and use power monitoring data to reduce consumption and costs.
• Contribute to design and implementation of machine control and process automation applications, including KPI development.
• Create system maps, sequences, PLC logic, and HMI screens.
• Collaborate to identify losses and develop plans to eliminate them in safety, quality, reliability, and cost.
• Support installation/start-up of new equipment and become the controls systems expert for new equipment.

Skills

Power & controls

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree or higher

4 years controls experience

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

Job description

Your Opportunity as the Senior Controls Engineer

The Senior Controls Engineer will provide active support with regard to power and control systems, equipment specification and maintenance, proper operation, technician development, troubleshooting and repair to achieve or exceed reliability targets within the plant or a specific department. This role has responsibility for systems optimization, reliability, continuous improvement, compliance, personnel safety and technician skill development related to plant electrical power and process control systems.

Location

7351 Old Tuscaloosa Hwy, McCalla, AL (Uncrustables Manufacturing Facility)

Work Arrangements

100% on-site, Day Shift – Flexibility required. Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed

In This Role You Will

• Serve as an administrator and troubleshooter for plant power and control systems and is a key member of plant technical team


• Works with the site Technical Manager and Plant Engineer to build and maintain sustainable processes, systems, and machine control onboarding and ongoing development systems


• Knows, communicates, and ensures technician compliance to local and national regulator codes; Is also responsible for ensuring equipment and safe practice compliance in their area of responsibility


• Responsible for validation of the operating data from PLC into Proficy or other MES systems; Support plant PEs in conditioning PLC data to accommodate effective data analysis including application development


• Supports the validity and ongoing system for maintaining the site sustainability metering equipment (power monitors and usage flow meters); Supports using the power monitoring data and developing plans to reduce overall consumption and costs


• Contributes in the design and implementation of machine control and process automation applications, such as control strategies, HMI design, MES applications and KPI development


• Create system map layouts, sequence of operations, drawing packages, PLC logic, and HMI screens


• Works with Controls Engineering Manager, department management and technicians to identify losses, and develop plans and strategies to eliminate them, in the areas of safety, quality, reliability and cost


• Supports parts or whole Key Elements for systems related to power and control system


• Works closely with engineering and operations leaders on selection and installation/start-up of new equipment; Becomes the controls systems technical expert on new equipment and ensures the training of others on control systems.


• Provides power and controls engineering support on capital initiatives in their area of responsibility


• Learns and applies advance control, simulation and process modeling technologies to analyze and improve overall process and packaging operations

What We are Looking For

• Associate's degree or higher is required


• 4 years of relevant controls experience


• 5 years of manufacturing experience


• Controls system experience required, such as Allen Bradley or Siemens.


• Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role

• Bachelor's Degree preferred


• Mechanical and electrical experience in food manufacturing is preferred


• Experience leading and influencing others is preferred


• Experience integrating new technologies


• Experience leading the installation of equipment in a manufacturing environment


• Demonstrated results in manufacturing maintenance utilizing maintenance systems


• Experience with plant systems software (Proficy, Project Management, eAM, etc.)

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear.


• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.


• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.


• Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds frequently.


• May push and pull heavy objects.


• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.