Senior Strategic Automation Project Manager

🕒 October 14

🌾 Iowa, Minnesota – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $115k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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Smithfield Foods

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1936

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Smithfield Foods is a leading global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company offers high-quality meat products under a variety of popular brand names, including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, and Carando. Smithfield Foods is renowned for its innovative approaches, combining tradition with technology, to drive the future of food. The company is committed to sustainability, supporting communities, and producing safe, affordable, and high-quality food products. In addition to its core operations, Smithfield Foods actively engages in community support endeavors, such as addressing food insecurity and supporting veterans.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a multi-year automation engineering roadmap supporting facility expansion, equipment modernization, advanced manufacturing initiatives, and emerging technology evaluation • Partner with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, IT, OEMs, system integrators, and external stakeholders to define requirements, establish project scope, and implement automation solutions • Lead automation and controls modernization initiatives involving PLCs, robotics, motion control, machine vision, industrial software platforms, and integrated production systems • Lead automation and capital engineering projects from concept through commissioning and closeout, managing budgets, schedules, resources, procurement, risks, and overall project performance • Oversee controls architecture, electrical, instrumentation, networking, SCADA, HMI, automation system design, testing, validation, and standardization • Coordinate engineering consultants, OEMs, contractors, system integrators, and internal project teams • Develop business cases, capital requests, ROI analyses, project justifications, and executive-level updates • Monitor performance against scope, budget, safety, quality, and schedule objectives • Drive employee development through coaching, mentoring, and leadership • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Controls Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required • 2+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development or project leadership • Strong understanding of industrial automation systems including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, instrumentation, VFDs, motion control, robotics, and industrial networks • Basic coding and scripting experience, including software integration, databases, data collection systems, APIs, and industrial communication protocols • Experience with automation project execution including controls design, equipment procurement, installation management, commissioning, and startup support • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, controls narratives, and automation architecture documentation • Strong understanding of capital project management principles, engineering design reviews, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management • Ability to travel up to 50% to support engineering initiatives • PMP certification, PE license, or equivalent project management and engineering credentials preferred • Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and Siemens TIA Portal experience • Ignition, Wonderware, FactoryTalk, or similar SCADA platforms • Robotics integration experience with Fanuc, ABB, KUKA, or Yaskawa • Machine vision and inspection systems • Industrial Ethernet and OT network design • Equipment OEM management and system integration oversight • Electrical power distribution and control panel design exposure • Manufacturing data systems and Industrial IoT platforms • Capital planning and engineering portfolio management • Working knowledge of PLC programming and controls logic development in Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider Electric, or similar automation systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation Package Available • Comprehensive total rewards package • Learning, collaboration, and innovation opportunities • Employee development, mentoring, and coaching

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