Sr. Controls Engineer - Wellston, OH

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Position Overview

The Senior Controls Engineer II provides technical leadership for the electrical, controls, and information systems that support safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing at the Wellston plant. This role serves as the plant subject-matter expert for automated control systems and partners with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Research and Development, Corporate Engineering, vendors, contractors, and controls technicians to improve equipment performance and protect production uptime.

The role owns the plant controls strategy and architecture, provides tactical and strategic troubleshooting support, leads electrical and controls capital projects, manages technology obsolescence, and develops the technical capability of plant resources. The Senior Controls Engineer II uses data, engineering standards, and continuous-improvement methods to deliver improvements in safety, quality, reliability, cost, capacity, and operational performance.

• •Provide technical expertise for human- and food-safety systems as they apply to electrical and controls equipment.
• •Serve as a subject-matter expert for plant electrical safety and support compliance with NEC, NFPA 70E, General Mills standards, and applicable plant requirements.
• •Lead or support improvements that reduce safety, food-safety, and process risks.

• •Own and maintain the plant electrical and controls architecture, including conformance to General Mills standards.
• •Implement instrumentation, controls, programming, network, HMI, SCADA, and data standards for new and existing equipment.
• •Provide technical guidance for automated solutions, equipment specifications, panel design, process controls, packaging controls, and system integration.
• •Troubleshoot PLC code, equipment, wiring, instrumentation, drives, servos, networks, servers, and related control-system hardware and software.
• •Support the design, selection, installation, commissioning, and performance improvement of electrical and controls systems.
• •Provide technical direction for control-system networking, servers, patching, edge devices, software, visualization, historians, and manufacturing data as applicable to plant needs.

• •Provide tactical and strategic support to reduce or eliminate issues affecting equipment performance, quality, safety, and production uptime.
• •Lead structured problem solving and develop sustainable corrective actions for recurring controls and electrical issues.
• •Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Systems Engineering to improve equipment reliability, response time, recovery time, and overall plant performance.
• •Develop and maintain the controls strategy for maintenance and reliability improvement.
• •Provide off-shift, weekend, or holiday support when required by business and plant needs.

• •Lead or support electrical and controls capital projects from feasibility and scope definition through design, procurement, installation, commissioning, startup, and handoff.
• •Develop estimates, schedules, quote requests, bid analyses, cost tracking, and project execution plans.
• •Manage project scope, risks, issues, change control, and expected business outcomes.
• •Lead and manage electrical contractors, third-party controls integrators, equipment suppliers, and other technical resources.
• •Provide installation, startup, training, and post-implementation support.
• •Collaborate with project teams, matrix engineers, corporate engineering, and plant stakeholders to apply innovative designs, technical advantages, performance improvements, and capital efficiencies.

• •Develop the plant electrical and controls facility master plan and support the plant capital plan.
• •Identify, prioritize, and execute equipment and system improvements that deliver financial, capacity, safety, quality, and reliability benefits.
• •Manage controls and electrical technology obsolescence, lifecycle risks, and replacement strategies.
• •Ensure plant solutions align with General Mills controls, information systems, cybersecurity, and architecture expectations.

• •Develop internal electrical and controls capability through coaching, training, standard work, and knowledge transfer.
• •Partner with controls technicians, engineers, maintenance, operators, and leaders to build sustainable technical ownership.
• •Influence diverse groups across functions and organizational levels through clear communication, sound judgment, and collaborative leadership.
• •Serve as a resource to plant, corporate, and cross-functional technical teams.
• •Develop and deliver technical training as needed.