Operations Technology and Automation Engineer
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Major responsibilities:
- Acts as technical resource to the plants and engineering group to support and deliver technical services and Controls Automation solutions to resolve manufacturing issues and improve operational performance.
- Understands both Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Windows based PC's and VM's and industrial network architectures and how to effectively apply these technologies to a dairy manufacturing environment.
- Actively collaborates as a team member in a high-performance cross functional work team environment, including plant and regional manufacturing technical resources, engineering and IT.
- Acts as a leader to support and drive OT standards adoption and implementation across the manufacturing enterprise.
- Provide first class technical support to the manufacturing enterprise, supporting plant operations and personnel to insure a safety first environment that delivers value to our producers and the highest quality products to our customers.
- Understands and has experience in manufacturing processes in industrial plants (preferably Food and Beverage), electrical control systems, equipment and machinery.
- Develops, plans and executes technical solutions including equipment bills of materials, scope of work, estimates, participate in proposal review and provide timely status updates.
- Provide leadership in knowledge transfer and implementation of approved standards and practices for IT/OT systems, including network implementation, PLC's and field devices, and IT systems.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis to effectively resolve issues and deliver sustainable solutions in collaboration with plant technical peers.
- Facilitate and support the numerous manufacturing process and control systems within Operations, collaborating with Engineering, IT, Operations and Corporate management and vendor resources.
- Provide production support and maintenance for enterprise systems including: Environmental Health & Safety, OEE and Plant Key Performance Metrics, Process Controls and Automation, reporting and analytics systems for Operations, and others as directed.
- Track record of strong people collaboration and cross functional team engagement.
- Ability to establish and maintain strong, effective team relationships with multiple organizational levels across manufacturing sites and corporate.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including documentation standards.
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines and see projects through completion.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
- 4+ years of experience in systems integration, managing manufacturing process control applications, supporting software and databases, support, and ongoing process improvement efforts.
- 2+ years of experience supporting manufacturing process controls networks, infrastructure, and security systems.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills with electrical and controls systems and associated programming
- Experience in developing PLC and HMI solutions (AllenBradley / FactoryTalk preferable), and specifying hardware and software for controls and automation projects.