Principal Engineer, Controls

🕒 August 11

⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +1 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote

💵 $109k - $159k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Conagra Brands

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1919

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Marketing • Logistics • Food & Beverage

Conagra Brands is a leading food company passionate about creating impactful and inclusive culture within the food industry. Known for producing a wide variety of consumer food products such as popcorn, brownies, vegetables, and single-serve meals, Conagra is committed to diversity, inclusion, and supporting its team in personal development. With a significant presence across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the company emphasizes ethical practices, consumer focus, broad-mindedness, and agility in its operations. Conagra Brands prides itself on being one of the best places to work and is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

📋 Description

• Serve as a technical expert and resource across the Conagra Engineering organization. • Partner with engineering disciplines, project teams, and site stakeholders to evaluate requirements and develop optimized automation and control system solutions. • Support capital investment projects and provide technical leadership for manufacturing automation systems. • Identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive innovation through best-in-class technologies and industry practices. • Develop annual and three-year capital plans with Platform Engineering leadership. • Support Front End Loading capital project development through FEL1 and FEL3 estimates and technical assessments. • Evaluate technologies and recommend automation, controls, and integration solutions. • Conduct factory infrastructure assessments and identify facility requirements for capital projects. • Support preliminary capital and expense cost estimating. • Collaborate with Engineering Project Managers on project design schedules. • Review equipment and system performance criteria for operational effectiveness and reliability. • Support Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing activities. • Identify project prerequisites, risks, alternative solutions, and optimization opportunities. • Develop functional control descriptions for manufacturing systems and unit operations. • Create and review Technical Briefs for project teams. • Develop Business Case Screening scopes and estimates. • Maintain knowledge of industry regulations, codes, and standards. • Provide technical and economic feasibility analyses for continuous improvement and competitive advantage initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science. • 7+ years of experience in electrical and control system design. • 5+ years of experience working with Rockwell Automation control systems. • Experience in the food industry preferred. • Experience with operations and manufacturing conceptual design. • Advanced knowledge of manufacturing automation systems, including networking concepts, programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives, servo systems, and human machine interfaces. • Expert-level experience with human machine interface visualization systems, database integration, and SQL Server applications. • Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition, Rockwell Software, Aveva Wonderware, or similar industrial automation platforms. • Experience supporting advanced process and packaging controls, including robotic packaging systems, batching systems, and Clean-In-Place systems. • Experience leading large-scale system integration projects and programs. • Experience leading internal initiatives and driving cross-functional improvements. • Knowledge of computer systems, network integration, information technology systems, and cybersecurity principles is preferred. • Demonstrated success developing long-term strategies, roadmaps, and technical initiatives. • Proven track record identifying improvement opportunities and implementing sustainable solutions. • Willingness to travel up to 30%. • Ability to work in manufacturing facilities when required, including walking around facilities, climbing stairs/ladders, kneeling, repetitive hand-eye coordination tasks, and lifting or carrying materials of varying weights and sizes.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans • Wellness incentive program • Mental wellbeing support • Fitness reimbursement • Bonus incentive opportunity • Matching 401(k) • Stock purchase plan • Career development opportunities • Employee resource groups • On-demand learning • Tuition reimbursement • Paid time off • Parental leave • Flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) • Volunteer opportunities