Senior Controls Engineer - Cincinnati, OH

COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next. Position Overview The Senior Controls Engineer II provides technical leadership for the electrical, controls, and information systems that support safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing at the Cincinnati plant. This role serves as the plant subject-matter expert for automated control systems and partners with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Research and Development, Corporate Engineering, vendors, contractors, and controls technicians to improve equipment performance and protect production uptime. The role owns the plant controls strategy and architecture, provides tactical and strategic troubleshooting support, leads electrical and controls capital projects, manages technology obsolescence, and develops the technical capability of plant resources. The Senior Controls Engineer II uses data, engineering standards, and continuous-improvement methods to deliver improvements in safety, quality, reliability, cost, capacity, and operational performance. Accountabilities (including people management needs) Human and Food Safety - Provide technical expertise for human- and food-safety systems as they apply to electrical and controls equipment. - Serve as a subject-matter expert for plant electrical safety and support compliance with NEC, NFPA 70E, General Mills standards, and applicable plant requirements. - Lead or support improvements that reduce safety, food-safety, and process risks. Controls and Electrical Technical Leadership - Own and maintain the plant electrical and controls architecture, including conformance to General Mills standards. - Implement instrumentation, controls, programming, network, HMI, SCADA, and data standards for new and existing equipment. - Provide technical guidance for automated solutions, equipment specifications, panel design, process controls, packaging controls, and system integration. - Troubleshoot PLC code, equipment, wiring, instrumentation, drives, servos, networks, servers, and related control-system hardware and software. - Support the design, selection, installation, commissioning, and performance improvement of electrical and controls systems. - Provide technical direction for control-system networking, servers, patching, edge devices, software, visualization, historians, and manufacturing data as applicable to plant needs. Operations, Reliability, and Plant Support - Provide tactical and strategic support to reduce or eliminate issues affecting equipment performance, quality, safety, and production uptime. - Lead structured problem solving and develop sustainable corrective actions for recurring controls and electrical issues. - Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Systems Engineering to improve equipment reliability, response time, recovery time, and overall plant performance. - Develop and maintain the controls strategy for maintenance and reliability improvement. - Provide off-shift, weekend, or holiday support when required by business and plant needs. Capital Projects and Project Engineering Lead or support electrical and controls capital projects from feasibility and scope definition through design, procurement, installation, commissioning, startup, and handoff. <