Job Ref: # 1341954
Date Posted: 10/3/2025
City, State: New Albany, Indiana
Description
The Controls Engineer is responsible for overseeing plant-wide controls and electrical infrastructure, including instrumentation, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human machine interfaces (HMIs), and distributed control systems. This role involves new installations, programming, troubleshooting, mentoring technicians, reviewing billing and tariffs, and recommending efficiency improvements. The position requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a focus on maintaining uptime, compliance, and high-quality production.
Responsibilities
Leads
Plant-wide controls and electrical projects, including installation, troubleshooting, and programming of PLCs, HMIs, and distributed control systems.
Plant-wide controls and electrical projects, including installation, troubleshooting, and programming of PLCs, HMIs, and distributed control systems.
Supports
Technicians through mentoring, training, and coaching to enhance skills and ensure work quality.
Technicians through mentoring, training, and coaching to enhance skills and ensure work quality.
Analyzes & Improves
Billing, tariffs, and energy usage to recommend cost-saving and efficiency initiatives.
Billing, tariffs, and energy usage to recommend cost-saving and efficiency initiatives.
Manages
Workloads, technical support, and quality of controls-related work to ensure uptime and high-quality product output.
Workloads, technical support, and quality of controls-related work to ensure uptime and high-quality product output.
Assists
With design, development, testing, and implementation of electrical systems and equipment.
With design, development, testing, and implementation of electrical systems and equipment.
Troubleshoots
Electrical issues using diagnostic tools and provides technical resolution before, during, and after projects.
Electrical issues using diagnostic tools and provides technical resolution before, during, and after projects.
Monitors & Enforces
OSHA, NFPA, NEC, EPA, TTB, and company safety regulations and policies.
OSHA, NFPA, NEC, EPA, TTB, and company safety regulations and policies.
Inspects
Equipment under quality control programs and reports findings, ensuring equipment and processes meet safety and quality standards.
Equipment under quality control programs and reports findings, ensuring equipment and processes meet safety and quality standards.
Prepares
Cost and work-time estimates for projects, ensuring deliverables meet service, budget, and quality expectations.
Cost and work-time estimates for projects, ensuring deliverables meet service, budget, and quality expectations.
Develops
Preventive maintenance programs, equipment inspections, lubrication schedules, and documentation to maintain facility uptime.
Preventive maintenance programs, equipment inspections, lubrication schedules, and documentation to maintain facility uptime.
Provides
Leadership consistent with company culture, ensuring employees are treated fairly and creating a team environment focused on customer satisfaction.
Leadership consistent with company culture, ensuring employees are treated fairly and creating a team environment focused on customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Engineering degree or equivalent experience (BSEE, BSEET, ASEE, ASEET)
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on electrical experience
- Experience with Allen-Bradley PLC programming and hardware
- Strong troubleshooting experience with electrical equipment
- Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings and ladder logic
- Strong communication, planning, organizational, and technical skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the alcohol beverage or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry
- 3+ years of supervisory or management experience
- Rockwell Automation controls training
- Strong leadership skills with proven ability to manage and develop technical teams
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits effective Day One, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Family coverage options, including domestic partners
- 401(k) with immediate company match
- Paid time off, holidays, and parental leave
- Mental health and wellness incentive programs
- Tuition reimbursement and dependent scholarship program
- Company-branded apparel, team events, and bottle purchase program
- Professional training and development opportunities
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