Controls Engineering Manager

First Quality • Salt Lake City, UT

23h • Onsite

About The Position

First Quality is a family-owned company with over 35 years of history, employing over 5,000 team members across the U.S. and Canada. We specialize in producing high-quality personal care and household products. We are seeking a Controls Engineering Manager for our First Quality Home Care Products facility in Salt Lake City, UT. This role involves leading a team of automation technicians in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of automated control systems within production. The position is key to advancing plant operations and the digital ecosystem of the Salt Lake City plant, serving as a flagship for First Quality Home Care Products®. The manager will set the strategic vision for the plant, including daily operational support and metrics aligned with a 5-year operations master plan. Responsibilities include overseeing the design, programming, and commissioning of automation systems, collaborating with operations, maintenance, and project teams on capital projects and equipment upgrades, and establishing/enforcing controls standards, documentation practices, and change management processes. The role also focuses on increasing automation reliability, driving root cause analysis for system failures, managing the department budget, ensuring safety compliance, and supporting new product launches and process changes. Collaboration with the engineering department on electrical and controls documentation is also a key aspect.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of controls engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ years of supervisory or leadership experience
• Experience with HMI development and SCADA systems
• Strong knowledge of electrical safety standards
• Proven ability to lead and develop both hourly and salaried team members
• Effective communicator across all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in manufacturing preferred
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and Six Sigma methodologies preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the automation department by exemplary personal behavior in all facets of the First Quality Culture.
• Mentor and manage a team of both salaried automation specialists and hourly technicians, and develop team through performance management, scheduling, and individual personal development to support.
• Advance plant operations and the future digital ecosystem of the SLC plant, as a primary flagship to First Quality Home Care Products®
• Set the strategic vision of the plant including daily operational support, weekly, monthly and annual metrics that supports the 5 year operations master plan
• Oversee the design, programming, and commissioning of automation systems, and partner with operations, maintenance, and project teams to support capital projects and equipment upgrades
• Establish and enforce controls standards, documentation practices, and change management processes
• Increase the reliability of current/existing automation
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for system failures and downtime events
• Manage department budget, including labor, spare parts, and project spending
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and electrical codes
• Support new product launches and process changes requiring automation modifications
• Develop and maintain conjointly with the engineering department, electrical and controls documentation (schematics, P&IDs, network diagrams)

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager