Control Engineering Team Leader

Job Details

Job Location

Garland - Garland, TX

Description

The Control Engineering Team Leader oversees the coordination, planning, and technical support for control systems in various operations by leading a team of subordinate control systems engineers and technicians to ensure that equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and safety are maximized.

Principal Duties:

• Coordinating work activities, schedules, and development of subordinates

• Monitoring system performance and serving as an escalation point for technical issues

• Preparing budgets for daily operations of the department responsible for the planning and engineering of an organization's systems infrastructure based on location, equipment, labor and regulatory requirements

• Assists with preparation of proposals and defines scope of work

• Corrects subordinate engineering staff’s schematics

• Manages and reports engineering activities for corporate control systems projects

  Schedule and Travel:

  Travel to Garland, TX, Casa Grande, AZ and Wooster, OH manufacturing facilities, and to suppliers throughout the U.S. will be required 25% of the time.

  Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree [foreign degree equivalent accepted] in Mechatronics or Electromechanical Engineering is required

• Also required is five (5) years of progressive experience in the dairy production industry: designing and producing specifications for plant control systems architecture, including piping and instrumentation diagrams, control panels, hardware and communication protocols; integrating original equipment manufacturer (OEM) equipment; pricing, commissioning, and installing plant controls and industrial automation systems – including configuring/designing: safety Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) code to control motors, servomotors, pumps, and valves; enhancing personnel interaction with PLC utilizing Human Machine Interface products; gathering Manufacturing Execution System data from workstations in real time; utilizing pin charts and object oriented/scripting code to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of liquid processes, Clean-in-Place kitchens and High Temperature Short Time pasteurization; and developing/implementing continuous improvement initiatives on motion control and Computer-Aided Manufacturing profile analyses for aseptic material handling equipment.

Company Overview

For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), and Wooster, Ohio (2015).

Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over half a billion in revenues annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is Americas #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution.

Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award.

While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 650 full-time staff across more than 25 states throughout the United States.

At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.

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.

• 20 floating holiday hours and 6 company paid holidays.

• 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.