Engineering Manager - Electrical, Automation & Controls

Title: Engineering Manager - Electrical, Automation & Controls

               

Location: Kennewick, WA

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

This position provides quality technical leadership to Global Engineering’s (GE) Electrical, Automation & Controls team, including Lamb Weston’s Model Predictive Control (MPC) program, and will develop, document, and promote the strategic vision for those technical disciplines. Additionally, this position will serve as a key interface between GE and Global Technology Solutions (GTS, formerly IT) for strategic initiatives, projects, and day-to-day plant operations.

Job Description

As a technical SME (Subject Matter Expert), this position serves as a consultant, providing technical information, recommendations, and specifications for all things Electrical, Automation & Controls. A key responsibility is development and review of project documentation to ensure compliance with performance criteria, company standards, electrical code compliance, and established industry best practices. The incumbent will perform research, analysis, and testing of emerging technologies with the goal of determining viability for Lamb Weston.

This role will also provide direct and indirect support for Lamb Weston’s manufacturing facilities around the globe. The incumbent will be responsible for providing remote and onsite troubleshooting support to reduce downtime, providing recommendations for electrical and control system maintenance, identifying ways to increase operational reliability, participating in root cause analysis for equipment failures, and supporting the plants with capital project planning, execution, and commissioning.

At Lamb Weston, we grow our people. The successful applicant must coach Lamb Weston associates, technical and non-technical alike, for effective and efficient electrical and controls design and system maintenance. Whether directly, or through contractors, the successful applicant will develop and deliver high quality designs and drawings, facilitating rapid implementation. Working closely with the various levels of GTS Operations Management, EHSS, Food Protection, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Plant Staff, and Production Personnel is critical. This position is based out of our Kennewick, Washington, engineering office.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the GE Electrical, Automation & Controls team and provide mentoring to develop and advance professional capabilities of the department.

• Be the key interface between GE and GTS for strategic initiatives, projects, and day-to-day plant operations.

• Own and lead Lamb Weston’s MPC Program, named APQC (Advanced Process Quality Control)

• Provide support to the Global Engineering Standards and Design Programs, including development and review of specifications.

• Review and/or develop project scopes.

• Lead enterprise initiatives, resources, and long-term strategies around electrical, automation & controls

• Design, control, and implement electrical systems and products.

• Develop processes according to GE processes and standards.

• Examine needs on new systems and equipment; calculate costs and help prepare budgets.

• Monitor maintenance and inspection plans.

• Ensure installation and operations conform to standards and requirements by preparing and/or reviewing