Corporate Controls Engineer

The Corporate Controls Engineer will be a member of the Daisy Brand Corporate Controls Engineering Department. He/she will work on controls and automation projects to install new manufacturing systems and upgrade existing manufacturing systems in all of Daisy Brands manufacturing facilities. He/she will provide on-site support for controls and automation activities at the Manufacturing Facility.

The Corporate Controls Engineer will report directly to the Corporate Controls Engineering Manager. He/she will be based out of the Wooster, Ohio Manufacturing Facility. He/she will support projects at all of Daisy Brands Manufacturing Facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Develop/Install/Commission Plant Controls & Automation Systems, including PLC Programming, HMI Development, & MES Data Collection.
• Controls & Automation Systems Technical Support, utilizing the Daisy Brand HELP Desk System.
• Design & Specification of Plant Control System Architecture, including Control Panels, Hardware, and Communication Protocols.
• Develop/Enforce Process Controls Standards.
• Partnership & Direction of 3^rd Party Controls Engineering partners.

Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years working within a Controls & Automation Engineering role in the Food & Beverage, Consumer Goods, or similar Industry.
• Advanced Ladder Logic Programming within Allen Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix) is required.
• Advanced HMI Development is required, preferably within Wonderware (Aveva) Archestra System Platform.
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Principles is required.
• Familiarity with Design/Specification of Process Control Panels is required.
• Experience in Food & Beverage, or similar industry with high sanitary standard utilizing CIP cleaning and sterilization is preferred.
• Experience with Wonderware MES, or a similar MES platform, is preferred.
• Experience with .NET programming environment is preferred.
• Experience with SQL Databases is preferred.
• Experience with Ethernet/IP Communication within a Plant Control System is preferred.
• Excellent Formal and Informal Communication Skills, Professional Attitude, and Professional Appearance.
• Strong Computer Skills (MS Office).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline from an accredited college/university is preferred but not required. Industry experience will be considered in the absence of a degree.
• Open to 25% Travel

For more than four generations (over 100 years), Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products with over half a billion in revenues. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing plants in Garland, Texas (opened in 1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (opened in 2008), and Wooster, Ohio (opened in late 2015).

Having grown to above a 50 share, Daisy Sour Cream is the Nations number one brand with distribution in all 50 states. Additionally, Daisy is the largest brand in food service, military, and club and is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map.

Daisy's core values are Clean and Trust, which are woven into everything we do. In 2008, the company was given the impressive American Business Ethics award, awarded by Foundation for Financial Service Professionals.

While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand tripled employment over the last 15 years. The future looks bright with the opening of its third facility to further strengthen the foundation for growth.

Daisy Brand offers an industry leading benefits package that includes:

• A no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage.
• 401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute.
• Safe harbor and profit sharing company contributions to 401(k).
• Company paid short and long term disability coverage.
• Company paid 2X annual salary life and AD&D insurance.
• 4 weeks annual paid time off.
• Extra time off for volunteering.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Fitness membership reimbursement.
• And more

Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.