Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Schreiber Foods is seeking an Automation and Controls Engineering Senior Manager to manage and guide product category specific initiatives that drive operational efficiency across US Operations. This role serves as the primary technical authority for automated plant floor systems and ensures alignment between corporate and plant resources while driving process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the design, development, and implementation of advanced control systems, automation, and systems engineering. Own the program work within multiple product categories, across multiple manufacturing sites, to optimize operational efficiency, effectiveness and capability. Contribute to multiple large-scale projects that standardize work across categories
- Work closely with IT teams and corporate automation/controls/systems teams ensuring alignment of purpose and high-level organizational goals. Drive company projects and initiatives with manufacturing, process, and project engineering as well as operational excellence teams. Engage appropriate IT, Maintenance, or other teams for support
- Lead cross-functional initiatives aimed at enhancing data collection and optimizing operational processes. Ensure measurable improvements in key performance indicators, resulting in greater control, asset performance, standardization, and partner effectiveness at US locations. Propose projects, initiate change, and influence leaders and stakeholders to align on improvements and new processes. Leverage data to perform analysis and maximize asset utilization
- Spearhead operational strategy development for the product category. Help prioritize requests and opportunities by managing a backlog of opportunities through alignment with key stakeholders and leaders. Plan and manage projects and system implementations by considering impacts and risks to production processes, end users, and long-term goals
- With a viable level of credibility and plant floor experience, provide indirect and influential leadership within the plants. Acting as site governance, connecting to the large-picture business objectives through a plant and category lens. Through plant and corporate relationships, bring a strong plant floor voice to the corporate team structure and a deeper bigger picture perspective to plant teams
- Research best practices and understand industry trends to influence and develop documented best practices for system designs, architectures, AI and digitalization, and implementations. Influence and educate fellow Operations Systems/Controls partners on these best practices and standards
- Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establish and Audit PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met
- May be required to perform other job-related tasks
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field required
- 12+ years of experience in Operations Systems, Control Systems, Process/Manufacturing Engineering, Automation, Robotics, AI, Digitalization, Software Systems required
- 7+ years of experience in Plant Operations Management, Project Management, Project Engineering or Maintenance required
- Understanding of industrial controls and components
- Understanding of functional design documents
- Solid Understanding of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) concepts, programming logic and execution
- Ability to analyze large amounts of data to create useful and actionable information
- Understanding of automation and robotics as it applies to manufacturing and operational success
- Effective communications skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated ability to guide others in achieving project and growth goals
- Comprehensive understanding of production and manufacturing processes and their underlying principles
- Demonstrated ability to reduce downtime and optimize resource allocation to improve overall operational efficiencies that drive results and profitability
- Demonstrated ability to meet project timelines, within scope and budget requirements
- Project management experience to include contracts, scope development, and project accounting
- Ability to manage and teach others to ensure projects are executed in a consistent/standardized approach
- Effectively manages project resources to optimize return on investment, evaluate of financial impact of technical decisions and contributes to forecasting and planning to ensure projects meet both performance and financial objectives
- Proficient in MS Office
- Ability to travel 25% - 50%
- Masters/MBA Automation or Controls
- Experience with the Ignition SCADA Platform and the Perspective User Interface module
- Database skills in tables, views, stored procedures, SQL queries, report generation, coding and scripting logic (e.g. Python is preferred)
- Prior experience in Rockwell suite of products
Benefits
- Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position.
- Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually.
- Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
- Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.
- Childcare costs. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.
- Eligible partners can earn a Wellness Incentive and receive an employer‑funded Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to use on fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses.
- Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
- Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
- Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.
- Benefits that support your whole life. Visit [Schreiber – Care for you](https://www.schreibertotalrewards.com/) to see everything Schreiber offers to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future.
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