Senior Automation and Controls Engineering Manager

15 hours ago

Smithfield, Virginia, United States Smithfield Foods Full time

Unlock Your Potential at Smithfield Foods

A leading American food company, Smithfield Foods, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Automation and Controls Engineering Manager to join our team. As a key member of our Continuous Improvement team, you will play a crucial role in analyzing data, drafting implementation plans, and executing process and performance management systems & controls across our fleet of 35+ plants.

As a Senior Automation and Controls Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for helping define and update the long-term technology roadmap of the company and leading a talented group of continuous improvement, engineer, maintenance, and operations professionals across hardware and software disciplines to develop and design automation solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develops and implements the manufacturing vision, strategy/technology roadmap that supports the convergence of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
  • Collaborates across functional groups to ensure strategy and technology roadmap meets the needs of the organization and support delivering results
  • Drives the right technology choices for automation and presents the technology roadmap for both immediate and long-term growth
  • Combines deep process engineering understanding and machine learning capability to create scalable controls and manufacturing solutions
  • Takes the business problems and derives to a technology solution that may encompass one or more products and services, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and fits into the technology roadmap of the organization
  • Monitors and evaluates external technology trends that could impact the company. Conducts research and case studies on leading edge automation technologies and makes determinations on the probability of implementation
  • Responsible for the development of the standard software and hardware architecture(s) for all automation projects and will work with multiple teams for coordinated implementation. Interface with IT to ensure continuity of IT/OT across the company
  • Partner externally with food processing equipment vendors, universities, technical consulting individuals/companies to create and prove new systems and technologies and to leverage external resources as required

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Engineering or related field and 8+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing industries with a strong focus on automation and controls design; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required
  • 2+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development or project leadership is required
  • Experience in development of distributed, networked control systems, especially Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions
  • Skilled at PLC/HMI programming, equipment connectivity, and SCADA system development for production floor management. Expert knowledge in the development within Ignition software is required
  • Lean or six sigma experience (green or black belt certified preferred)
  • Knowledge of engineering principles and techniques related to food processing and the meat industry, preferred
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning and adaptability
  • Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time
  • Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment

Equal Employment Opportunity

Smithfield Foods is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

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