Controls and Automation Engineer - Relocation Assistance Available! • Passion Placement

United States

*This position requires working onsite at our Milleville, NJ facility. Relocation assistance is available.

We are looking for a Controls and Automation Engineer to join our team. This role will be responsible for providing technical leadership for our sites in support of electrical and controls. This role serves to improve the safety, reliability and productivity of our manufacturing processes through tactical support and project execution. You will drive production process improvements, assist with introduction of new products and support/lead capital improvement projects as necessary.

Here are the things we want to hire you to do:

Assist with completion and startup of our new production facility

Drive productivity through a strategic use of technology from feasibility to completion

Provide tactical and strategic operations support to reduce/eliminate issues associated with equipment, performance, quality and safety

Manage electrical and controls architecture

Identify and justify lead applicable electrical and controls capital projects

Manage relationships with collaborators; plant cross-functional teams, contractors, integrators and corporate engineering resources

Maintain the plant electrical safety program

Develop electrical and controls facility master plan, support development of the capital plan and manage obsolescence in each area of the plant

Provide technical support to the Operations, Quality and Maintenance functions with the aim of reducing manufacturing defects

Respond to manufacturing issues as they occur

Work cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, HR, maintenance, Finance, Sales, Marketing and other departments as required

Here are the things we think you need:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering from ABET-accredited program preferably in electrical or controls engineering

5+ years of related experience in process automation

Experience with Rockwell/Allen Bradley

SQL and Network Architecture preferred

Hardware application, programming and integration experience

Ability to interpret and apply the NEC, NFPA 70E, Corporate and other standards to the plant equipment and projects

Experience leading and managing 3rd party electrical contractors and controls integrators

Experience with process/packaging control, equipment specifications and panel design

Ability to troubleshoot PLC’s at the code level and troubleshoot equipment and wiring

Understanding of and experience with power distribution equipment

Strong project management skills, including estimating, scheduling, quote request generation, bid analyses, cost tracking and compliance, project issue resolution, installation and start-up support and training

Strong communication and presentation skills applied to multiple organizational levels: production floor, internal managers and senior management

Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects

Good problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

And here’s another list of qualities we think make a good Oatly team member:

You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency

You are a self-starter who doesn’t need direct supervision to motivate you for success – we believe strongly in building a culture of individual accountability and ownership and need partners that can embrace that mentality

You are ready to make your mark in a smaller, growing brand leveraging your experience to deliver amazing results and build an outstanding company

You have entrepreneurial spirit in that you’re comfortable with ambiguity and are energized by the process of building something lasting from the ground up

You enjoy sharing your quirkiness and talents with your coworkers

Another bulleted list felt redundant, so we wrote this long sentence with all the ways we sweeten the deal to work with us, like providing flexible vacation for starters, really great benefits with 100% medical coverage, genuinely great coworkers who want to see the company and each other succeed, a start-up vibe with an established company history, and an employee discount to stock your fridge full of the best non-dairy alternative in the world.