Automation and Controls Supervisor

Schwan's Company • Salina, KS

10d • Onsite

About The Position

At CJ Schwan’s, we don’t just make food — we help create moments that matter.
From kids devouring pizza after soccer practice, to students laughing over
dumplings in a cafeteria, to families enjoying pie during the holidays, our team
members play an important role in bringing those everyday moments to life. Our
portfolio includes iconic pizzas, global flavors and timeless desserts from
brands like Red Baron®, bibigo®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Freschetta®, Pagoda®,
Edwards® and Mrs. Smith’s®. Enjoyed in homes, schools, restaurants and just
about everywhere people shop and eat, our products reflect a commitment to
quality, innovation and the power of food to bring people together.

We are hiring an
Automation and Controls Supervisor
to guide our
automation-related initiatives in our
Salina, KS pizza plant! In this role, you
will provide automation technical guidance and direct reactive, corrective, and
planned related activities in coordination with the Salina plant strategy. You
will direct the planning and scheduling of work for the controls and electrical
team to install, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and tune control devices which
automate our industrial manufacturing processes. This role is a key leader in
the utilization of the Asset Optimization elements, specifically Planning and
Scheduling, Defect Elimination, and Breakdown Elimination

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 4+ years of automation and/or controls experience, with 2+ years ideally acting as a Lead or Supervisor of a team.
• 2 years of experience with instrumentation and controls design as well as PLC/HMI required experience (Rockwell Automation, Modicon, Siemens, GE, Fanuc).
• Bring working knowledge and experience with the engineering programming and implementation of industrial control systems.
• Possess technical problem-solving skills and proven project experience.
• Understand control systems components, ladder logic programming, HMI programming, and their applications.

Responsibilities

• Managing and guiding Electrical and Controls technicians within the Salina plant.
• Being responsible for the documentation, implementation, startup, and technical support of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Human Machine Interface (HMI) programming in an industrial automation environment.
• Directing the planning and scheduling of work for the controls and electrical team to Install, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and tune control devices which automate our industrial manufacturing processes.
• Leading development and training efforts of plant operations and maintenance personnel in the design features process operation and interpretation of system information and application of that information regarding control system functionality.
• Managing effective utilization of employees skills, development, mechanical downtime, equipment effectiveness, housekeeping, safety policy administration, discipline, employee relations, cost control, and problem solving while ensuring budgeted performance is monitored and compliant.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED