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Perdue Farms · 3 hours ago

Electrical and Controls Technical Leader

Raleigh, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$165K/yr - $247K/yr

10+ years exp

Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business committed to creating premium products and fostering a supportive work environment. The Electrical and Controls Technical Leader will serve as a Subject Matter Expert, leading the Electrical & Controls Center of Excellence and collaborating with various teams to implement best-in-class systems while ensuring safety and compliance.

Food and Beverage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Aimee Falcon Romero

Responsibilities

Be the “go to” person for Electrical and Controls early management of capital projects and initiatives. Lead system design and support execution. Project portfolio includes small investment/High Complexity projects to large capital projects (up to and including brownfield/greenfield expansions)

Work collaboratively with Operations leadership and Sr Directors of Engineering to execute programs that deliver Safety, Compliance, Quality, Profitable Growth, and Cost

Own standards for Electrical and Controls equipment: Responsible for development and continuous improvement of standards to drive business results; identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to enhance safety, efficiency and reliability

Capability Building: Establish and lead the community of practice for Electrical and Controls and recommend plant staffing levels. Build Technical capability into the organization via hands on coaching, training programs and troubleshooting

Partner with Perdue IT team to lead the design of standard OT platforms connecting plant floor to enterprise systems with security by design

External Benchmarking: Stay up to date on technology and equipment to enable best in class engineering design. Identify key technology and processes to apply within Perdue to deliver improvements in Safety, Compliance, Quality and Profit

Electrical Safety and Maintenance: Provide guidance on best practices in regard to electrical distribution and compliance with NFPA 70/70E. Be a process owner for Arc Flash program, infrared studies and overall electrical maintenance strategies

Engineering Work Process Champion: Champion and drive the use of Engineering Work process and tools. Delivering engineering excellence on Major capital projects via standards and processes

Manage Obsolescence: Identify obsolescence and development replacement strategy for electrical and controls infrastructure (PLC, SCADA, drives, electrical distribution equipment)

Collaborate with external engineering and internal resources to commercialize innovative technology and deliver vertical startups

This position has no direct reports but works collaboratively with safety, FSQA, production, maintenance, and engineering project managers

This is a remote position and must be able to travel to remote facilities, plants and/or other offices

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringPLCSCADAAutomationCADProject ManagementCoachingTechnical CommunicationProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Required

BS degree in Engineering with strong technical expertise in PLC, SCADA, Automation, CAD, Project Management

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts at all levels of the organization

10+ years related work experience with a track record in problem solving, developing multi-site strategies, influencing cross functional teams to navigate technical challenges

Preferred

BS degree in Electrical Engineering

15+ years of electrical design including medium and low voltage systems

Automation and Controls project design and implementation experience in major platforms (Rockwell, Siemens) preferred

Food and Beverage or Poultry Processing experience is preferred

Benefits

Medical/Rx

401(k) with employer match after 1 year

Critical illness

Accident insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Optional group life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability protection

Flexible spending accounts

Paid time off

Company

Perdue Farms

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Perdue Farms is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for everyone we touch through innovative food and agricultural products

Founded in 1920

Salisbury, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.perduefarms.com/

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