Controls Engineering Manager
- $85,000 - $110,000
- Minneapolis, MN
🤖 Controls Engineering Manager/ Great Place To Work!
A bit about us:
We are a leader in crafting high-quality, nutritious food products that families love. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, we produce everything from delicious nut butters to wholesome granola. Our focus on quality and sustainability ensures that every product is not only delicious but also responsibly made. We believe in making every bite count, bringing people together over great food.
Why join us?
We offer...
- Competitive salaries and medical, dental, vision benefits!
- 5% 401k match
- 2-3 weeks PTO
Job Details
Controls Engineering Manager
8th Ave Food & Provisions
Operations Administrative
New Hope, Minnesota
Regular Full-Time
No
26525
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
Our Controls Engineering Manager is a valuable part of our team. Controls Manager will provide guidance for training, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance work throughout the facility. The priorities for this role include managing controls technicians for troubleshooting, repairs of controls systems, isolating components, ordering parts and required tools. Active manager with the team and supporting current staff members when issues that arise on the production floor. This role will provide leadership to the team and grow the base knowledge for all controls technical through industry standards and best practices.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for performing complete systems controls engineering for industrial automation equipment. engineering includes component sizing and selection for optimum performance.
Support procurement and presents status and options as required to maintain budget and delivery schedule to allow maximum up time on the production floor.
Provide production controls system documentation and design workflows.
Using Kronos to manage control technicians time entry, scheduling, and days off. Responsible for meeting production schedule, validating engineering hours to budget, and scheduling work order activities to support the production area.
Interfaces directly with Maintenance Manager, Production Managers and the senior leaders to provide production support and daily updates on open issues.
Will need to assist Senior Managers to providing project scope definitions, hardware, and labor estimates for proposals for Capital Initiatives,
Managing the team assigning daily controls tasks and troubleshooting of packaging and production equipment and systems, including, Extruder, Dryers, Dry bulk storage & conveying, systems using pneumatic control for conveying, High speed packaging including cartoners, baggers, case-packers, palletizers, material handling systems.
Partner with operations and maintenance teams to solve repetitive problems, complete preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance programs and work
Partner with operations to learn operating systems, while providing training on controls components
Maintain documentation necessary for operations including work orders, requisitions, activity reports, daily logbook, and employee records.
Review work needs, inventory, tooling, and OEM manuals to requisition parts and help maintain correct part inventory: type, supply, improvements
Participate in daily production meetings
Other duties, as assigned
Education and Experience Required:
Requires a two-year associates degree
3+ years hands-on experience in controls, automation
Manage a team of 2 union control technicians and provide quarterly performance reviews
Previous controls experience in a food manufacturing facility
Previous experience reading blueprints and schematics
Previous experience with Allen Bradly, PLC, HDMI, touch screens
Previous experience with VFD’s
Working knowledge of PLC programming and system integration
Motivated self-starter and team player, works well with others and interacts effectively and efficiently with internal or external people and groups.
Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and overtime
Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:
4-year degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
Previous employee management and leadership experience
Effective verbal and written communication skills required.
Working Knowledge of Electricity and Mechanics
Knowledge of Food Manufacturing Processes; Good Manufacturing Practices; Quality Assurance and Sanitation Standards
AutoCAD experience
Knowledge of FactoryTalk SE View, Ignition, RSView32, Rockwell, Wonderware, Siemens SIMATIC, WinCC
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, OEE’s, and 6S
Physical Requirements: Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:
Must be able to lift up-to 34 pounds 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to lift up-to 50 pounds 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to sit, climb and work off ladder, and operate foot pedals for 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to work in a dusty and cold environment for 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to work in high heat and humidity for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, stoop, walk, and reach above shoulders for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to perform simple grasping, push, pull, perform fine manipulation for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to stand 8+ hours per shift
Must be able to work from a lift at heights of 35 feet +
8th Ave Food & Provisions
Operations Administrative
New Hope, Minnesota
Regular Full-Time
No
26525
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
Our Controls Engineering Manager is a valuable part of our team. Controls Manager will provide guidance for training, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance work throughout the facility. The priorities for this role include managing controls technicians for troubleshooting, repairs of controls systems, isolating components, ordering parts and required tools. Active manager with the team and supporting current staff members when issues that arise on the production floor. This role will provide leadership to the team and grow the base knowledge for all controls technical through industry standards and best practices.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for performing complete systems controls engineering for industrial automation equipment. engineering includes component sizing and selection for optimum performance.
Support procurement and presents status and options as required to maintain budget and delivery schedule to allow maximum up time on the production floor.
Provide production controls system documentation and design workflows.
Using Kronos to manage control technicians time entry, scheduling, and days off. Responsible for meeting production schedule, validating engineering hours to budget, and scheduling work order activities to support the production area.
Interfaces directly with Maintenance Manager, Production Managers and the senior leaders to provide production support and daily updates on open issues.
Will need to assist Senior Managers to providing project scope definitions, hardware, and labor estimates for proposals for Capital Initiatives,
Managing the team assigning daily controls tasks and troubleshooting of packaging and production equipment and systems, including, Extruder, Dryers, Dry bulk storage & conveying, systems using pneumatic control for conveying, High speed packaging including cartoners, baggers, case-packers, palletizers, material handling systems.
Partner with operations and maintenance teams to solve repetitive problems, complete preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance programs and work
Partner with operations to learn operating systems, while providing training on controls components
Maintain documentation necessary for operations including work orders, requisitions, activity reports, daily logbook, and employee records.
Review work needs, inventory, tooling, and OEM manuals to requisition parts and help maintain correct part inventory: type, supply, improvements
Participate in daily production meetings
Other duties, as assigned
Education and Experience Required:
Requires a two-year associates degree
3+ years hands-on experience in controls, automation
Manage a team of 2 union control technicians and provide quarterly performance reviews
Previous controls experience in a food manufacturing facility
Previous experience reading blueprints and schematics
Previous experience with Allen Bradly, PLC, HDMI, touch screens
Previous experience with VFD’s
Working knowledge of PLC programming and system integration
Motivated self-starter and team player, works well with others and interacts effectively and efficiently with internal or external people and groups.
Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and overtime
Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:
4-year degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
Previous employee management and leadership experience
Effective verbal and written communication skills required.
Working Knowledge of Electricity and Mechanics
Knowledge of Food Manufacturing Processes; Good Manufacturing Practices; Quality Assurance and Sanitation Standards
AutoCAD experience
Knowledge of FactoryTalk SE View, Ignition, RSView32, Rockwell, Wonderware, Siemens SIMATIC, WinCC
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, OEE’s, and 6S
Physical Requirements: Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:
Must be able to lift up-to 34 pounds 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to lift up-to 50 pounds 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to sit, climb and work off ladder, and operate foot pedals for 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to work in a dusty and cold environment for 3+ hours per shift
Must be able to work in high heat and humidity for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, stoop, walk, and reach above shoulders for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to perform simple grasping, push, pull, perform fine manipulation for 6+ hours per shift
Must be able to stand 8+ hours per shift
Must be able to work from a lift at heights of 35 feet +