MFG CONTROLS ENGINEER - Travel Required
Kroger Supply Chain
- Indianapolis, IN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelor's Degree engineering or technology
- 4+ years of progressive hands on experience with industrial controls
- Excellent oral/written communication skills
- Fluent in Microsoft Product Suite, Autodesk, AutoCAD, and Windows 10
- Self-directed, ability to execute projects with minimal supervisionDesired
- Any experience with PLC and HMI program development, including integration of Ethernet based drives and field-devices
- Any experience developing, implementing and starting up process control projects
- Any experience developing Rockwell based control systems including but not limited to Logix PLCs, PanelView, PF VFDs, Kinetics, and EthernetIP
- Any experience architecting and configuring control systems for automatic device configuration and replacement- Specify, design and program PLC-based control systems for processing, machinery and automation
- Provide guidance and recommendations for process instrumentation, field-devices, and drives
- Provide technical support on plant projects related to automation and adherence to standards and specifications
- Provide specification, programming and/or configuration of process instrumentation
- Generate and maintain electrical schematics, network drawings, automation programs and configuration files
- Support system integrators, original equipment manufacturers, project engineers and the manufacturing plants in the design, implementation and start-up assistance of controls and automation projects
- Work with project and plant engineers to develop capital appropriations
- Review all system and network access policies to ensure compliance with corporate audit standards
- Support projects for system integration firms; assist plants in determining requirements and assessing value of proposed services
- Provide management with periodic status reports
- Support the hiring and training of plant technical resources
- Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements
- Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
- Must be able to work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens
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