Senior Plant Automation Engineer — PLC & Packaging Systems

Brown-Forman; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown-Forman in Louisville, KY seeks an Electrical Engineer to program and improve packaging and process controls, including PLC and HMI applications, servo motors, and instrumentation. You will select, integrate, startup and calibrate controls components to support plant manufacturing objectives.

You will lead projects, troubleshoot, and perform root-cause analyses while mentoring maintenance staff and ensuring compliance with codes and OEM standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of electrical/electronic and/or instrument & control programming/troubleshooting in manufacturing.
• Comfort with assembling/wiring and configuring Rockwell PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, or similar systems.
• Experience with FactoryTalk Batch or similar system.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and execute automation plans and upgrades.
• Lead engineering projects across bottling, shipping and processing sites.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, and instrumentation to maximize plant efficiency.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support for plant issues and root-cause analyses.
• Mentor technicians on maintenance and troubleshooting of controls.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

PLC/SCADA programming

HMI development

Automation systems

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell PLCs

FactoryTalk Batch

Ethernet/IP

Job description

Brown-Forman in Louisville, KY seeks an Electrical Engineer to program and improve packaging and process controls, including PLC and HMI applications, servo motors, and instrumentation. You will select, integrate, startup and calibrate controls components to support plant manufacturing objectives.

You will lead projects, troubleshoot, and perform root-cause analyses while mentoring maintenance staff and ensuring compliance with codes and OEM standards.