Job Location: Stuarts Draft, VA
Summary:
The Hershey Company Stuarts Draft plant is a Non-Union plant producing products such as Reese's Pieces, Reese Cups, Reese Shapes, Reese Bars, Mr. Goodbar, Mounds, Almond Joy, NutRageous, Oh Henry, FastBreak, Whatchamacallit, Baking Chips, etc. in a high-speed complex environment.
The Controls and Automation Supervisor (Staff Engineer Electrical) is a key member of the technical leadership team at the Hershey Stuarts Draft, VA production facility. This position manages a group of salaried Controls Specialists, a PI Data Specialist, and the Information Technology function for the site.
The Stuarts Draft facility is over 1.1 million square feet in size. It is a facility of high complexity, including high-speed wrapping, with over 600 PLC's.
Responsibilities:
This role is responsible for ensuring that plant electrical, controls and network systems are fully operational and reliable to support the conversion of raw materials to finished product, while adhering to schedule, rate of production and all quality specifications. Key responsibilities of the position include managing electrical engineering/controls projects, troubleshooting complex controls issues and oversight of the plant's electrical infrastructure.
This position will be involved primarily with various projects to improve employee safety, product quality, process efficiency/cost reduction, facility improvements as well as employee morale. This role is a senior level position that will have the opportunity to support, lead and manage capital projects in the areas of processing and packaging equipment as well as facilities and plant utilities. It is a vital role for the Stuarts Draft location due to the complexity of plant processes, level of technology (and varying technologies) and the number of processes influenced by controls function (essentially all).
This position not only manages others, but as noted above, is also responsible for managing technical projects and serving as a resource for electrical issues across the plant. The Controls and Automation Supervisor will be responsible for managing controls obsolescence and energy management for the site as well as providing input to specific areas of the engineering budget. This position is also often involved in assisting the corporate engineering team with policy updates.
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Nearest Major Market: Charlottesville
Nearest Secondary Market: Virginia