Electrical Controls Engineer - North Sioux City, South Dakota (Relocation benefits available)

Job description

A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there's more to being in business than just making a profit. That's the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it's never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It's about how you can grab everything that's within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It's about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we'll all be a little better off. It's that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN'S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

***This role is located in North Sioux City, South Dakota. Full relocation benefits are available for non-local candidates!***

Purpose of Role:

The Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for providing engineering expertise and technical support in the area of electrical and automation systems for wet pet food manufacturing site. This will require the ability to work on all aspects of electrical, instrumentation, and control disciplines for continuous wet pet food canning processes: batching, filling, retorting, labelling and packaging. The Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer is an active member of the site engineering and reliability team and project management team as assigned.

Principal Accountabilities:

Functional

·  Support and participate in electrical and automation standards development and deployment.
·  Support and participate in category automation technology life cycle management and master planning.
·  Provide input into project development process in terms of technical feasibility, innovative ideas, scope, specifications, schedule, and feasibility estimates for electrical and automation systems.
·  Support capital projects through peer reviews and technical support to ensure projects have proper controls support, plans, and documentation.
·  Provide automation support for plant innovations, performance enhancements, loss elimination, and process improvements.
·  Provide project management for electrical and automation projects ensuring proper delivery of scope, schedule, budget, and cash flow.
·  Proactively develop best practices and methodologies that increase the effectiveness and reduces the costs of electrical and automation systems.
·  Seek and apply appropriate electrical and automation technologies to gain and sustain technical competitive advantage.
·  Drive to identify, protect, and expand intellectual property of the corporation.
·  Promote and follow the established ways of working.
·  Support building central and site control associates knowledge and capability with electrical and automation systems.
·  Actively participate and contribute to the Mars Petcare North American Controls Community of Experts (CoE).
·  Support adherence to Safety, Security and Environmental policies and standards.
·  Support adherence to Global Quality & Food Safety policies and standards.
·  Support adherence to Global Sustainability in a Generation (SIG) policies and standards.
·  Establish strong consulting and peer relationships with central technical team and site control, reliability, and CVS associates.
·  Stay current in the industry standards and the most state of the art electrical and automation tools and methodologies.

Associate

·  Develop personal leadership and managerial skills to continuously improve the effectiveness of the technical function.
·  Foster the functional and effectiveness competence development of self and team members in the area of electrical and automation systems.
·  Drive for Excellence in Execution.
·  Be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
·  Good communication, listening and influencing skills.

Business

·  Communicate and collaborate with all stakeholders and other functions to ensure all controls program and project objectives are clearly defined and achieved.
·  Drive decisions to improve business measurements such as ROTA, FATR etc.
·  Support initiatives that shorten new product and project cycle times
·  Support project objectives and challenge activities not aligned with those objectives

Leadership

·  Support the adherence to the Five Principles
·  Fostering and sustaining a winning environment which promotes safety, trust and confidence on project teams
·  Manage external business relationships including electrical and control system contractors and engineering resources.
·  Effectively represent central control engineering function at the manufacturing sites.
·  Lead cross-functional teamwork across multiple sites.
·  Participate in high performance team behavior as a team member.

Critical Functional Competencies:

·  Quality at Mars
·  Risk Management
·  Safety at Mars
·  Project Management
·  Commercial Awareness
·  Analytical Capability
·  Lean Principles
·  Customer Focus

Supporting Functional Competencies:
• Food Safety, Regulatory Compliance, Asset Management, Make Principles, Environmental Management, Planning, Financial Essentials.

Minimum Requirements:

·  Associates Degree or higher in Electrical or Electronics Engineering or other related electrical/controls degree OR 5+ years of hands on related experience.
·  Three (3)+ years of work experience in automation control – food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or related industry preferable when coupled with the aforementioned education requirement.
·  If a candidate does not meet the education requirement; Five (5)+ years of hands on work experience in in automation control – food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or related industry preferable will suffice.
·  In depth knowledge of industrial low voltage electrical systems, instrumentation, PLC (preferably Allen-Bradley, RS Logix), HMI/SCADA (preferably Rockwell FactoryTalk View), and industrial control networks.
·  Fundamental knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)/Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) systems
·  Basic Knowledge of Factory IT Systems (physical/virtual servers, networks)
·  Fundamental understanding of project management.

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Advanced degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
·  (5)+ years of hands on work experience in in automation control – food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or related industry
·  Basic understanding of engineering principals - knowledge of engineering disciplines: Process, Packaging, Construction or Utilities. Experience in multiple disciplines preferred.
·  Working knowledge of local codes and regulations (NFPA/NEC/UL).

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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