Electrical & Automation Engineering Expert

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Foods you love.

Brands you trust.

And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers.

With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements.

No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas.

Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

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**There is relocation assitance offered with this position**

We are in search of a highly motivated automation professional to join our regional Aseptic Engineering Team.

The right individual is recognized as a subject matter expert in E&A engineering.

This role brings a unique opportunity for an accomplished engineer who will bring proven plant floor experience to step into this strategic corporate role with excellent growth prospects.

In this role you will demonstrate a deep understanding of specific automation systems and industry wide best practices.

You will depend on your proven hands-on E&A experience and a team-oriented mindset to successfully integrate into several multidisciplinary, diverse, and highly competitive team environments.

The right individual will maintain focus on the core objective of the Aseptic Engineering team; To act as a leader and a strategic engineering resource for multiple site-specific E&A teams.

You will take initiative on developing and implementing long-term solutions, execute site-specific engineering plans to drive strategies, empower the local automation teams through knowledge sharing and training programs, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and establish a collaborative relationship with site-specific teams for problem identification and solution implementation.

Thorough success in this role will require reliable and consistent communication with the central leadership to maintain focus on being an asset to the Aseptic Engineering Team and promote its greater strategic goals.



Build Engineering capability:

Ensures that key E&A personnel managing, operating and maintaining E&A equipment and infrastructure are competent to do so safely and efficiently.

Ensures that competency assessment and competency building plans are in place, routinely reviewed and executed in the factories.

Help factories to define and create the right E&A team structure to support each of the factories.

Coach junior and senior engineers during the onboarding process and set regular development reviews.

Deliver technical trainings.



Deliver Process Improvements:

Have a good knowledge of the production processes (Process Mastership) and problem solving methodologies, help the factories to identify and deliver improvement of quality, safety or efficiency while protecting the technological know how and competitive advantage.

Operate and Maintain:

Have a detailed insight on the factories' strategy, KPIs and gaps to support the implementation and execution of maintenance strategy, tools and methodologies at site level.

Ensures safe and reliable operation of electrical systems, instrumentation, process and supervisory control, and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

Drive implementation of digital technologies to deliver assets' reliability.

 

Manage Risk and Compliance:

Work together with the factories to ensures that all E&A installations comply with market and corporate safety, health, environment, product safety and product quality standards.

Ensures that the key E&A documentation is up to date and in place (e.g. electrical drawings, automation documentation and backups, maintenance plans, etc.).

Ensure that the Management of Change is in place to appropriately manage modifications involving E&A systems.

 

Drive Sustainability:

Actively participate on the factories' sustainability objectives, help define priorities, develop and operationalize the strategy to generate energy and water savings.

Bring new ideas generated through corporate initiatives or benchmarking.

Track and report results coming from any improvement projects, even from the ones that are not specifically related to sustainability.

 

Manage factory asset portfolio:

Ensures a strategy is in place to anticipates asset end-of-life, obsolescence and replacement requirements, without compromising asset performance and cost competitiveness.

Ensures timely stakeholder awareness for capital planning purposes.

 

Excel in Industrialization:

Directly participates in strategic Capital Investments projects and support or guide other Market projects that involves the E&A area, ensuring that the technical solution follows corporate and market standards and is delivered with the expected quality, being on time and in budget.



Lead technical expertise:

Provide expert technical guidance and support to the organization.

Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and best practices in the field of electrical and automation engineering, and apply this knowledge to drive innovation and improvement in manufacturing processes.

Prepare technical documentation, reports, and presentations related to electrical and automation engineering projects, initiatives, and performance.

 

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
+ Graduate degree is a plus
+ Professional Engineer license (P.E.) is a plus
+ Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is a plus
+ Minimum 8 years' experience in the field of E&A (Electrical & Automation).
+ Enthusiastic to work in a manufacturing facility in the Food and Beverages industry, or other Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry
+ Good knowledge of electrical distribution systems (low, medium and high voltage installations)
+ Good knowledge of local electrical codes and standards
+ Excellent knowledge of Instrumentation and Calibration process
+ Proficient in automation systems and equipment (HMI - Human-Machine Interface, PLC - Programmable Logic Controller, Industrial networks, etc.).

Preference for Rockwell and Wonderware/Aveva systems.

Other platform experience (Siemen, B&R) would also be beneficial.
+ Knowledge on MES deployment (Manufacturing Execution System).
+ Knowledge on Digital technologies implementation (e.g. Vision Systems, Data Analytics, Predictive Maintenance, etc.)
+ Knowledge of food processing operations and technology.
+ Knowledge of food safety and hygienic engineering
+ Experience in managing/direct supervision of technical teams
+ Knowledge on using Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
+ Experience on delivering technical trainings
+ Experience on Project Management, including participation in the development of engineering projects as part of a multidisciplinary team and participation in the start-up of technical equipment(s) and/or production line(s)
+ Demonstrated proficiency in troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
+ Great collaboration mindset
+ Proactive thinking
+ Self-Management following defined KPIs/Objectives, and proactively tracking them

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The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role.

In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities.

Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

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