Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Works from Home

Job Type:

Engineering Manufacturing

Job Posting Title:

Principal Engineer - Controls

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs

• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to yourteam through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About the Role:

The primary role of the Controls Engineer will be to support subject matter expert technical peers throughout all phases of a project including Operation and Production Optimization. This position will initiate technical abilities to identify and support key strategies, programs, and capital projects to deliver the highest value business benefit to the company. Ability to communicate and lead within cross-functional teams is a fundamental skill set for this position.

• Support automation hardware, as well as, associated software platforms. Must be familiar with Allen Bradley PLC programming.

• Continuous Improvement for key strategies / programs across the enterprise (includes development and roll out of new)

• Self–starter and known for bringing ideas forward, uses data to drive operational and cost efficiency initiatives in the Automation space

• Explore and implement industry-proven ways to automate new & existing systems

• Be able to support industry and Treehouse-specific design standard patterns on both equipment and process level

• Ensure that technical solutions comply with company security practices and pass audit requirements

• Key support to capital project teams

• Provides initial and supporting information of technical and economic feasibility analysis for automation efforts, focusing on improvements to the current state that deliver competitive advantages

• Capability to execute established start-up protocols - Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests and Commission, Qualify, and Verify

Important Details: This is a full-time remote position with 50% travel.

About You:

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• BS Degree in Engineering (or related field)

• 5+ years in industry, preferred experience in Food Manufacturing

• Pro-active team member with partners from R&D and Continuous Improvement Teams to drive improved performance, cost, and/or quality

• Expected 50% travel

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TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.

Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada.

Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.

Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats.

TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 35 plants across the United States, Canada, and Italy, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Disability Assistance

TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including those with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com . In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying.

To all recruitment agencies: TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.

EEO Considerations: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.