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Senior Engineer, Automation & Controls

Mark Anthony Group
Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026
Mark Anthony Group is an entrepreneurial drinks company, built from the ground up by thinking differently, innovating and doing the unexpected. Our company is rooted in family values, a bold vision and relentless determination to continuously raise the bar and make a positive difference in consumers' lives. Founded in 1972, we’ve grown organically from a one-person import wine business into an international drinks company whose hallmarks include a portfolio of luxury wineries and iconic beverage brands, including White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and Cayman Jack.

Role Purpose:

The objective of this role is to provide Sr level automation and controls support to our brewery. The main purpose of this role is to execute projects to improve operations and drive value; however, you will also mentor and develop automation and controls engineers and maintenance technicians and fill in on-shift for the A/C engineers to cover vacation and training as required. This role will be the onsite controls expert in either the process/utilities or packaging/warehouse areas and will be relied upon to improve those areas.

Accountabilities & Impact:

  • Primary automation expert in brewing/utilities or packaging/warehouse areas of the plant
  • Lead continuous improvement automation projects
  • Lead management of change process in all process areas of the plant.
  • Collaborates with operations, engineering, maintenance, and quality to improve safety, quality, and throughput in the plant
  • Provides technical leaderships in all facility automation
  • Automation project budget and schedule adherence

Skills & Experiences Needed to Be Successful:

  • Bachelor’s Degree engineering, information science, or industrial automation and controls
  • 8 years of experience in industrial automation of F&B, Pharmaceutical, or Chemical processing
  • Proven technical leadership skills, including mentorship and development of employees
  • Ability to independently lead and execute complex automation projects

Extraordinary Leadership Expectation:

  • Ability to lead though influence across the entire business organization

What You Will Learn In This Role:

  • Automation and controls strategy within a state of the art automated brewery. You will work with equipment from industry leading vendors such as GEA, KHS, Krones, and Alfa Laval.

At Mark Anthony, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:

Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:

Best in Our Craft

We set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.

Ambitiously Curious

We stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.

Made With Humility

We bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team.

Daringly Disruptive

We disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy to stay ahead of industry giants.

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