Senior Engineer, Controls

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Memphis, TN
1-3 Years Experience
Food
The Role
Lead projects to improve quality, safety, and production in a manufacturing plant. Serve as a subject matter expert in controls engineering and electrical projects. Troubleshoot high priority problems and support system restoration. Collaborate cross-functionally and meet regulatory standards.
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Your Opportunity as the Senior Controls Engineer

Leverage your engineering expertise to make a meaningful impact in our Memphis facility. Lead projects to improve quality, safety, and overall production. Continue to grow your skill sets through cross functional collaboration and direct floor exposure in our manufacturing plant. Launch your career into future roles across operations and leadership by building a strong foundation in how our products are made and how our work system functions. 

Location: Memphis, TN

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site 

In this role you will:  

  • Work with Engineering Controls Group to understand and maintain Electrical & Instrumentation Standards

  • Serve as the site SME (Subject Matter Expert) on all FT Studio Platforms

  • Support the sites controls and electrical projects:

    • Work with Controls Integrator to ensure consistent controls system implementation

    • Own Small improvement projects varying from Programming, HMI, Electrical, and mechanical projects

    • Assist the Process Engineers with the electrical and controls implementation of their projects and ensure standards are being followed

  • Resource to the teams for troubleshooting high priority problems

  • Own PLC maintenance, backups, preventative maintenance (Battery replacements), documentation, narratives

  • Assist with updating electrical drawings and other controls documentation as changes are made

  • Help troubleshoot and implement sitewide Utilities/Facilities infrastructure such as HVAC/Wastewater, and Building Automation

  • Serve as a key resource for the Controls and Instrumentation training portion of Technical Resources Coordinator training (Hold labs and own qualification signoffs)

  • Work with sustainability lead to implement instrumentation needed to gather data, and implement electrical cost savings projects

  • Own and maintain UPS battery replacement across the site

  • Maintain disaster recovery plans and equipment required to support system restoration

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. 

What we are looking for:  

Minimum Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering

  • 2+ years of experience in power and/or controls engineering role/internship

  • Experience supporting Capital projects

  • Experience working cross functionally within a manufacturing environment

  • Technical knowledge of industrial power, controls, and information systems

  • Working knowledge of NFPA 70E and OSHA 29 1910.269 regulations

  • Strong organizational, critical thinking and creativity skills

  • Effective presentation, interpersonal, and written communication skills

  • Ability to travel, including international trips to equipment suppliers

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

  • Experience with Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley systems

  • Experience in food manufacturing

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The Company
HQ: Orrville, OH
5,001 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.

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