Controls Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

WHO WE ARE

Baldwin Richardson Foods is focused on enriching the flavor of life. As a full-service liquid products supplier and strategic partner to the food and beverage industry, Baldwin Richardson Foods combines its formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to produce high-quality sauces, toppings, syrups, fillings, and shelf-stable beverages for the world's most iconic Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands, and food service companies.

Its state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center transforms trends and culinary inspiration into legendary products through an award-winning commercialization process.

The company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson's dessert sauces and Nance's mustards / condiments in addition to producing finished goods for the private label sector.

BRF maintains its headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Macedon, New York; with a Culinary Innovation Center in Westmont, Illinois;

and offices and manufacturing facilities in Williamson, New York; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Corona, California. This role is at our Pennsauken, NJ location.

WHAT WE NEED

The Controls Engineer will act as the plant SME on the manufacturing control systems in our production lines. This will be done through measurement of output performance, analyzing issues with production quality, and then recommending solutions.

They will work in concert with Production, Maintenance, Operations Performance Managers, and leadership, to ensure adherence to the production schedule so that BRF may keep our business running and producing for our customers and consumers.

This is a hands-on role that is integrated in the day-to-day operation of the production floor.

At BRF, we are looking to leverage Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to improve performance visibility, provide actionable insights, and automate manual processes.

To achieve rapid, impactful I4.0 adoption and to create a center of digital manufacturing excellence. We are looking for an experienced, forward-thinking, and entrepreneurial controls / automation engineer to play an integral role in this transformation.

The ideal candidate will be excited to partner with operations to identify controls, data, and automation opportunities while supporting day-to-day operations.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsible for providing technical expertise to support electrical and controls portions of production, capital projects, and process improvements.
• Troubleshoot and eliminate control systems issues and handle controls projects.
• Develop new control and monitoring systems confirming to ISA and CSI standards.
• Extend start up support and training for control and monitoring systems.
• Effectively reply to downtime events impacting production.
• Reverse engineer current systems and programs for performing failure recovery.
• Identify, recommend, and implement production improvement initiatives associated with delivering controls systems to integrate with other processing or electro-mechanical equipment.
• Design and develop PLC and HMI programs, IO Configuration, Electrical and Network Schematics, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Commission control system including device configuration, I / O checkout, PID tuning, water testing, CIP testing, and production testing.
• Support new equipment start up training initiatives as required.
• Work as a key individual contributor to support company objectives with respect to the implementation of capital projects and non-capital process improvements.
• Work closely with maintenance and production to assure appropriate resources are trained on process and control systems.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Automation or related technical degree.
• A minimum of three (3) years related experience in high-speed manufacturing with food, cosmetic, or other CPG environments.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing processes and concept.

Skills and Knowledge :

• Ability to provide 24 / 7 / 365 support within a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding and experience of applicable NFPA, NEC, ANSI and GMP standards.
• Understanding and knowledge of control engineer related systems and software required, to include but no limited to : PLC’s, PLC to PC interface systems, SCADA systems, various motion and photoelectric control applications, AC / DC drive systems, RSLogix5, RSLogix500, RSLogix5000, Studio5000, FactoryTalk View SE, FactoryTalk View ME, RSView32, FactoryTalk Batch, FactoryTalk Historian SE, FactoryTalk VantagePoint, PlantPAx, FactoryTalk AssetCentre, EtherNet / IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Modbus RTU, Profibus PA, Profibus DP, Remote I / O (RIO), and Data Highway Plus (DH+).

At BRF, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $120,000 and $130,000 .

Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. You'll also receive a comprehensive benefits package including low premium and out of pocket cost medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with company match, generous sick and vacation time, 9 paid holidays, birthday and floating holidays, volunteer time and more!

Read more about who we are at :

www.brfoods.com or www.linkedin.com / company / baldwin -richardson-foods

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