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Brand: 8th Ave Food & Provisions

Categories: Operations Administrative

Locations: New Hope, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 26525

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

Our Controls Engineering Manager is a valuable part of our team. Controls Manager will provide guidance for training, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance work throughout the facility. The priorities for this role include managing controls technicians for troubleshooting, repairs of controls systems, isolating components, ordering parts and required tools. Active manager with the team and supporting current staff members when issues that arise on the production floor. This role will provide leadership to the team and grow the base knowledge for all controls technical through industry standards and best practices.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for performing complete systems controls engineering for industrial automation equipment. engineering includes component sizing and selection for optimum performance. Support procurement and presents status and options as required to maintain budget and delivery schedule to allow maximum up time on the production floor. Provide production controls system documentation and design workflows. Using Kronos to manage control technicians time entry, scheduling, and days off. Responsible for meeting production schedule, validating engineering hours to budget, and scheduling work order activities to support the production area. Interfaces directly with Maintenance Manager, Production Managers and the senior leaders to provide production support and daily updates on open issues. Will need to assist Senior Managers to providing project scope definitions, hardware, and labor estimates for proposals for Capital Initiatives, Managing the team assigning daily controls tasks and troubleshooting of packaging and production equipment and systems, including, Extruder, Dryers, Dry bulk storage & conveying, systems using pneumatic control for conveying, High speed packaging including cartoners, baggers, case-packers, palletizers, material handling systems. Partner with operations and maintenance teams to solve repetitive problems, complete preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance programs and work Partner with operations to learn operating systems, while providing training on controls components Maintain documentation necessary for operations including work orders, requisitions, activity reports, daily logbook, and employee records. Review work needs, inventory, tooling, and OEM manuals to requisition parts and help maintain correct part inventory: type, supply, improvements Participate in daily production meetings Other duties, as assigned The pay range for this position is $86,899 - $128,609 per year.

Education and Experience Required:

Requires a two-year associates degree 3+ years hands-on experience in controls, automation Manage a team of 2 union control technicians and provide quarterly performance reviews Previous controls experience in a food manufacturing facility Previous experience reading blueprints and schematics Previous experience with Allen Bradly, PLC, HDMI, touch screens Previous experience with VFD’s Working knowledge of PLC programming and system integration Motivated self-starter and team player, works well with others and interacts effectively and efficiently with internal or external people and groups. Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and overtime

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

4-year degree in electrical or mechanical engineering Previous employee management and leadership experience Effective verbal and written communication skills required. Working Knowledge of Electricity and Mechanics Knowledge of Food Manufacturing Processes; Good Manufacturing Practices; Quality Assurance and Sanitation Standards AutoCAD experience Knowledge of FactoryTalk SE View, Ignition, RSView32, Rockwell, Wonderware, Siemens SIMATIC, WinCC Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, OEE’s, and 6S

Physical Requirements: Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation: Must be able to lift up-to 34 pounds 6+ hours per shift Must be able to lift up-to 50 pounds 3+ hours per shift Must be able to sit, climb and work off ladder, and operate foot pedals for 3+ hours per shift Must be able to work in a dusty and cold environment for 3+ hours per shift Must be able to work in high heat and humidity for 6+ hours per shift Must be able to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, stoop, walk, and reach above shoulders for 6+ hours per shift Must be able to perform simple grasping, push, pull, perform fine manipulation for 6+ hours per shift Must be able to stand 8+ hours per shift Must be able to work from a lift at heights of 35 feet +

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)