Description:

The Electrical and Automation Engineer will support scoping, engineering and design execution, and implementation of electrical, controls and automation engineering for capital projects. The E&A engineer will provide oversight of engineering and design execution by Nestle Purina and 3rd party resources, and the engineer will provide technical support to Nestle Purina Engineering (NPE), the Factory engineering team, and the local Project Management Organization (PMO) engineering team, in support of the execution of capital projects.

They will lead electrical, controls, and automation engineering and design deliverables, including power distribution and singleline diagrams, network topology diagrams, control panel layouts with bill of material and schematic wiring diagrams, safety logic tables used during safety violoations.

-This position is 100% based out of Jefferson WI no exceptions for WFH

-Relocation at own expense. No per diem home trips or any other allowances for this role

-Overtime is not guaranteed but could include some evenings and 2nd shifts when needed

-Some travel to St. Louis for onboarding or meetings

-Must be able to climb ladders and stairs. Requires daily walking through a construction site

This is an onsite Electrical Automation Engineer to support the Jefferson expansion project. The team is looking for an EA Engineer with Process/Food manufacturing construction project experience i.e. startup commissioning of new production lines.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The EA Engineer will support scoping engineering and design execution and implementation of electrical controls and automation engineering for capital projects. The EA engineer will provide oversight of engineering and design execution by Nestle Purina and 3rd party resources and the engineer will provide technical support to Nestle Purina Engineering NPE the Factory engineering team and the local Project Management Organization PMO engineering team in support of the execution of capital projects.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Lead electrical controls and automation engineering and design for Capital Projects working with a cross functional team of engineers that includes Corporate Engineering NPE Factory Engineering and 3rd party engineering and design Consultants.

2. Lead the execution of electrical controls and automation engineering and design deliverables including power distribution single-line diagrams network topology diagrams control panel layouts with Bill of Material and schematic wiring diagrams safety logic tables used during safety validation Division 26 and 27 construction specifications and development of construction and integrator scopes of work.

3. Develop Capital Project scopes of work support the creation of engineering and design project schedules from engineering through commissioning and create requests for proposal RFP for Capital Project engineering and design services for the electrical controls automation and integration scopes of work.

4. Provide oversight and technical support for the creation of project engineering and design deliverables being executed by Factory engineering local Project teams and 3rd party engineering and design consultants and contractors.

5. Support responses to consultant and contractor requests for information RFIs during engineering construction and commissioning. Provide engineering support to the construction team during construction closeout activities and commissioning activities.

6. Provide technical coaching and training of Factory engineering resources local PMO engineering resources and 3rd party consultants on the NPE project execution and electrical and automation requirements.

7. Support the review and approval of project approval drawings and participate in Factory Acceptance Tests. Verify that the proposals approval drawings and equipment meet the requirements of the technical specifications and the overall intent of the design.

8. Maintain working knowledge of Nestle Purina Engineering ways of working and engineering and design standards and guidelines.

Skills:

-Essential - Work Autonomously

-Essential - Strong Communication/Writing Capabilities

-Essential - Competency in PLC Rockwell Automation Modicon and PC-Based -HMI/SCADA iFIX and Ignition design programming and implementation

-Essential - Competency in Safety Instrumented System design programming and validation

-Essential - Competency in PC operating systems and Industrial Networking

-Essential - Competency in use Microsoft Office products

-Essential - Ability to work with a cross-functional team of engineers operations and maintenance team members

-Essential - Ability to read and interpret control schematics wiring diagrams power distribution single line diagrams

-Important - Working knowledge of Electrical Safety and Hazardous Energy Control Procedures HECP

-Important - Working knowledge of NFPA 70 National Electric Code electrical installation and wiring practices

-Beneficial - Familiarity with machine risk assessments

-Beneficial - Familiarity with power distribution

-Beneficial - Familiarity with AutoCAD Bluebeam Revu Adobe Acrobat

-Beneficial - Competency in Siemens PLC design programming and implementation

-Required - Ability to travel up to 20 of the time

-Required - Must be able to climb ladders and stairs. Requires daily walking through a construction site

-Required - Steel toe shoes are required and to be provided by the worker at own expense job requirement

Skills:

automation, automation systems, automation engineering, plc programming, allen-bradley, rockwell rslogix, controls engineering, control system, plc control, food manufacturing, instrumentation controls, instrument controls, commissioning, i&c engineering, industrial automation, hmi programming, electrical engineering, hmi, programming, troubleshooting, rockwell, rslogix, allen bradley plc, siemens plc, autocad electrical, control system design, plc troubleshooting, ladder logic, vision system, scada, i&c

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Associates Degree in Engineering or related field

-7 years of experience with control systems design in a food, beverage or industrial manufacturing environment, including startup & commissioning of new production lines. (or Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience)

-5 years of experience with PLC rockwell automation and HMI/SCADA programming

-5 years of experience with reading and interpreting control schematics, wiring diagrams, power distribution single diagrams

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