Electrical & Automation Manager

Company Description

From tree to table, POM Wonderful delivers a whole lot of healthy. Known for our iconic double-bubble bottle, we grow, harvest, package, and market fresh pomegranates, pomegranate arils, and a selection of delicious pomegranate-blended juices and teas. With over 9,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, POM Wonderful is committed to unleashing the antioxidant power of our handpicked pomegranates. 

JOB SUMMARY:

The Electrical & Controls Manager is responsible for leading plant electrical, controls, automation, and OT support activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations. This role combines people leadership, hands-on troubleshooting, automation strategy, capital project execution, and continuous improvement ownership across processing, packaging, utilities, and facility support systems. 

The manager leads a technical team while partnering closely with operations, maintenance, quality, IT/OT, engineering, and external integrators to improve equipment reliability, modernize legacy control systems, and deliver measurable gains in safety, quality, throughput, and OEE.

Compensation - $110,000.00 - $140,000.00. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Job Description

• Lead, coach, develop, and manage the electrical and controls team through clear expectations, scheduling, training, performance management, and accountability for execution.  
• Own plant support for PLC, HMI, VFD, instrumentation, power distribution, safety circuits, and supervisory systems across Fresh, Arils & Beverage processes. Occasional regional travel as needed to support other facilities.
• Provide direct technical leadership for advanced troubleshooting of electrical, automation, networking, and controls-related failures using schematics, software tools, and field diagnostics. 
• Drive control system lifecycle management, including migration plans for obsolete PLC, HMI, network, and drive platforms. 
• Lead integration and startup of new equipment, as well as controls upgrades for existing lines, utility systems, and facility infrastructure. 
• Support plant electrical infrastructure and low-voltage control systems, including troubleshooting, design review, documentation updates, and expansion planning. 
• Support plant data and digital initiatives through historians, MES, SQL-connected systems, reporting tools, and machine-level integration projects. 
• Use CMMS data, downtime trends, and failure history to prioritize reliability actions and capital improvements.
• Provide on-call or escalated support for critical production issues, shutdowns, startups, and major project activities as required. 
• Ensure compliance with electrical safety requirements, arc flash expectations, LOTO practices, and machine safety standards; escalate material risks to plant leadership.
• Manage approved controls contractors, system integrators, and vendors to ensure work is executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to plant standards. 

Qualifications

PLC & Control Systems

• Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix, and legacy SLC5 systems
• Siemens S7/TIA Portal platforms
• Exposure to B&R automation systems preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot, modify, and support PLC logic, I/O architecture, and integrated machine controls

Industrial Networks & Communications

• Ethernet/IP
  • Profinet
  • DeviceNet
  • ControlNet
  • Remote I/O systems
  • OPC communications preferred
• Understanding of managed industrial switches, routers, wireless infrastructure, and plant network architecture

HMI / SCADA Systems

• • Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus / FactoryTalk View ME & SE
  • Siemens HMI platforms
  • Wonderware / AVEVA platforms
  • SCADA, Historian, MES, and data collection systems
  • Knowledge of visualization, alarming, trending, and operational reporting systems

Drives & Motion Control

• • Allen-Bradley PowerFlex series drives
  • SEW Eurodrive systems
  • B&R motion and drive platforms
  • Emerson and Yaskawa drives
  • VFDs
  • Servo systems
  • Motion control applications
  • Motor control centers (MCCs)
  • Soft starters and motor protection systems

Electrical & Instrumentation

• • Electrical control panels
  • Relay logic
  • Safety circuits
  • Instrumentation systems
  • 24VAC / 24VDC / 4–20mA control systems
  • Level
  • Pressure
  • Flow
  • Temperature
  • Position and distance measurement devices

Software &