Sr. Industrial IT Project Manager

Description

TITLE: Sr. Industrial IT Project Manager

REPORTS TO: Director, US Engineering, Environment, Energy

LOCATION: Chicago, IL or Buffalo, NY

Lactalis USA is currently seeking candidates to join our USA Engineering, Energy, and Environmental team in Buffalo, NY or Chicago, IL!

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani, President, Kraft Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Parmalat, Siggi's, and Stonyfield Organic in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe.

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The employee provides leadership and direction to continuously improve the effectiveness of the Industrial IT network and Materials / Tool (IE: PLCs', HMI, Industrials PC's, servers, software's, Data acquisition & recording tools, ...) and related operation throughout the different USA's operations, while supporting the development of control systems and processes required in maintaining a safe operation with environmental integrity. As a Project Manager, you will maintain full responsibility of the design, engineering, and execution of advanced analytics and automation technology projects

Travel will be required up to 50% of the time to plants based in NY, WI, CA, ID, NH, VT,TN, MI & AZ or to manufacturers/vendors site locations.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Provide expertise to the different manufacturing sites to achieve operational results.
• Audit the Industrial IT installations, report any deficiencies or obsolescence and propose action plans to correct.
• Develop and lead the Long-Term Plans for Lactalis USA, setting priorities of investment.
• Review all plant floor documentation that is being filled manually and propose / implement automated solution to reduce labor cost and improve accuracy of reports.
• Review with the plants all process & packaging KPI's, study solutions to have them seen real time with the employees in plant floors, offices, break room, ...and propose / implement solutions
• Conduct and maintain the Industrial IT Risk Assessment of all USA plants.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for improvement in safety, quality, reliability, cost, and customer service. Reduce equipment failures and preserve asset value. Identify and/or provide input on appropriate technology, equipment and methodology used in the facility, or having an opportunity to improve operating results or costs.
• Provide training as necessary within the organization.
• Interact with the Administrative IT team and French Corporate Engineering Industrial IT team to assess best practices and implement them in Lactalis USA.
• Help plant management for staff hiring, reviewing performance and providing feedback, determining training and development needs, and providing coaching and work direction. Promote a team focusing on excellence in all activities including those required to support safety, operational productivity, quality, loss reduction, people development, and cost improvement.
• Ensure the safety of all employees, visitors and contractors within the areas of responsibility by providing appropriate safety training and awareness.
• Ensure that all legislative requirements and standards are met, and results reported to appropriate parties (internal & external)

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience

• 7+ years of Project Management or Project Engineering experience in instrumentation, process controls, SCADA systems, cybersecurity, metering systems, and/or data monitoring tools.
• Food manufacturing plant operation.
• Waste handling and recycling

Specialized Knowledge

• Rockwell (Allen Bradley software's & material),
• Automated reporting tools,
• KPI's automated panels/displays.

Skills/Abilities

• Computer Skills: including but not limited to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
• Communications skills to work with plant employees at all levels.

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.