Controls Engineer

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal, and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

Location Description

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility is 1,120,845 square feet and home to about 470 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives. This location has a cannery that produces wet dog food and there is also a Distribution Center on-site. Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, a landmark Town Park with many acres of recreational activities, and has one of the largest and longest running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work and play!

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY

The Controls Engineer will provide key leadership with regard to power and control systems, equipment specification and maintenance, proper operation, technician development, troubleshooting and repair to achieve or exceed reliability targets the plant. This role has responsibility for systems optimization, compliance, personnel safety and technician skill development relative to plant electrical power and process control systems.

Work location: Fully onsite at the Bloomsburg, PA manufacturing facility.

Relocation: This role is eligible for relocation assistance.

$5,000 Sign on Bonus!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as primary administrator and troubleshooter for plant power and control systems and is a key member of plant technical leadership.

• Works with the Senior Project Engineers to develop and manage power and control standards and ensure application of the standards on all projects and upgrades.

• Owns and leads the execution of the site masterplan for power and controls systems to include understanding of the installed base, and replacement plan for obsolete equipment/technologies. Updates this plan annually.

• Builds and maintains a sustainable system for plant Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) technicians skill development. Coaches the Technical Manager on skill assessment and development of operating and E&I technicians within the department. Works with plant leadership to build and maintain sustainable process and machine control onboarding and ongoing development systems for plant Process Engineers, Interns and Area Leaders.

• Knows, communicates, and ensures technician compliance to local and national regulator codes (NFPA 70, NFPA 70e, NFPA 79 and OSHA 1910). Is also responsible for ensuring equipment and safe practice compliance in their area of responsibility.

• Responsible for validation of the MES data from PLCs. Support plant Process Engineers in conditioning PLC data to accommodate effective data analysis including application development.

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

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

• Works with Senior Project Engineers, department management and technicians to identify losses, and develop plans and strategies to eliminate them, in the areas of safety, quality, reliability and cost.

• Owns parts or whole Key Elements for systems related to power and control system such as electrical safety (LOTO, Electrical PPE, Energized work permits, low voltage qualification, etc.) and Quality/CCP compliance (checkweighers, metal detectors, vision systems, ingredient flows, temperatures, etc.).

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

• Serves as project manager for initiatives ranging from E&I focused projects to complete capital projects.

• Provides power and controls engineering support on capital initiatives.

• Provides support throughout other parts of the plant as needed on a daily basis.

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

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required; Electrical engineering degree is preferred

EXPERIENCE

2-5 years of relevant controls experience is required

Manufacturing experience is preferred

Mechanical and electrical experience in food manufacturing is preferred

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Ability to work and manage within a team environment

Strong knowledge of machine and/or process control hardware, instrumentation and software including Allen Bradley PLC and Rockwell FactoryTalk platforms

Working knowledge of NFPA and OSHA guidelines related to electrical equipment and practices

Proficiency in plant historian

Understanding of technical systems and terminology

Experience learning and integrating new technologies

Experience leading the installation of equipment in food manufacturing environment

Demonstrated results in manufacturing maintenance utilizing maintenance systems

Experience with plant systems software

Self-motivated and able to motivate others

Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications

Excellent interpersonal skills

Willingness to work off-shifts or weekends as needed, as well as to take off-shift support calls as needed.

Experience leading, teaching or managing others effectively

Able to perform moderate activity including but not limited to, significant time spent on manufacturing floor and some physical work on equipment

Some travel required