Controls Manager

Our Mechanicsburg factory, built in 1969, is located just eight miles west of Pennsylvania’s state capital of Harrisburg. Unique to this factory, it’s situated at a transportation crossroads where three of the U.S.’s most heavily-traveled interstate highways traverse the region. With 40 percent of the U.S. population located within 500 miles, including the metropolitan areas of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., this area offers our associates both small-town living with quick and easy access to the “purrrrr-ks” of a big city. Our Mechanicsburg factory is one of the largest manufacturers in the area and produces a large portion of Nestlé Purina’s dry pet food portfolio, including Puppy Chow®, Dog Chow®, Beneful®, Pro Plan®, Alpo®, Kitten Chow®, Cat Chow®, Friskies®, Nestlé Purina ONE® and Kit ‘N Kaboodle®. Beyond our work in pet food production, we support various local animal shelters and organizations (Susquehanna Service Dogs Organization and Woofstock among others) to more deeply impact our ability to enrich the lives of pets everywhere.

As the Controls Manager, you have overall accountability for the functionality and performance of the facility’s industrial process automation controls with an emphasis on electrical, instrumentation, and controls. You are responsible for assigning work and providing support and guidance to team members, and ensuring the services and deliverables provided meet NPPC standards. You are also responsible for monitoring workload of the team and proactively managing assignments so that deliverables are completed in accordance with the approved budget and established milestone dates.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Guide the activities of engineers, technicians and other support staff in the planning, scheduling, design and execution of projects.
• Monitor and maintain department productivity and ensure engineering, safety, and quality standards are met.
• Develop and/or maintain technical and administrative processes, tools, and guidelines pertaining to Instrumentation & Controls.
• Provide technical and process support as required.
• Coach, train, mentor and provide leadership to technicians for troubleshooting procedures and resolution to technical problems.
• Recruit, hire, and train personnel necessary to ensure the department is staffed with an appropriate balance of personnel needed to effectively execute work and meet project schedules.
• Perform project management tasks including identifying and developing estimates, assigning project responsibilities, and supervising project implementation and deployment
  

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science or related discipline.
• 5+ years’ electrical troubleshooting, PLC logic and programming, or hardware application experience in a manufacturing, industrial, technical, military, or related environment.
• 2+ years’ people leadership experience.

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