Senior Electrical Controls Engineer

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver technical training resources to ensure operators and maintenance personnel for E&A equipment are competent, safe, and efficient.
• Perform competency evaluations to assess the skills of factory staff.
• Provide guidance and support to strengthen the facility's technical capabilities.
• Identify improvement opportunities and apply innovative solutions to boost process performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance process optimization initiatives.
• Support the implementation and execution of maintenance strategies, tools, and methodologies.
• Ensure the safe and reliable operation of electrical systems, instrumentation, process and supervisory control, and MES.
• Leverage digital technologies to enhance reliability and drive process improvements.
• Maintain compliance with market and corporate safety, health, environment, product safety, and product quality standards for all E&A installations.
• Keep E&A documentation current, including electrical drawings, automation documentation, backups, and maintenance plans.
• Establish robust change management processes to handle modifications involving E&A systems.
• Support factory sustainability objectives by identifying opportunities for energy and water savings.
• Monitor and report results of improvement projects across sustainability and other areas.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to drive sustainability initiatives.
• Contribute to asset management by forecasting end-of-life, obsolescence, and replacement requirements.
• Keep stakeholders informed for capital planning related to E&A assets in a timely manner.
• Balance asset performance with cost competitiveness when making asset decisions.
• Lead and execute the Electrical and Automation portion of capital investment projects, in line with corporate and market standards.
• Ensure technical solutions meet quality standards and are delivered on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement industrialization projects successfully.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in electrical controls, automation, or related area.
• Krones or Siemens Systems experience preferred.
• Professional Engineer license (P.E.) is a plus.
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is a plus.

Technologies

• HMI
• PLC
• Industrial networks
• MES
• Vision Systems
• Data Analytics
• Predictive Maintenance
• Krones
• Siemens Systems