Process Control Lead

Process Control Lead, Aurora, CO

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At PMI, we've chosen to do something incredible. We're totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose - to deliver a smoke-free future.

In late 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match and its leading oral nicotine product portfolio. We can now provide legal age nicotine users who would otherwise continue to smoke, access to a broader range of better alternatives to combustible products.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.

As our Process Control Lead, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and overseeing electric, electronics, equipment process control, and connectivity activities and projects on the Manufacturing floor to ensure that maintenance, modifications, and improvements of the equipment in your scope of responsibility are implemented at the best cost and specified quality, ensuring the compliance with PMI standards and managing the overall performance towards customer satisfaction.

Your day-to-day:

* Lead site process control optimization by implementing proper procedures for adjustments and calibration.

* Coordinate activities related to electricity, electronics, equipment process control installation, and modification of production equipment.

* Lead technical development of process control projects in order to improve safety conditions, quality, and more effective use of equipment, spare parts, and materials.

* Perform regular coaching to develop PC&IS and daily management system capabilities of the team, according to the IMS and to support in the personnel skill/technical development of each team member in order to build ownership and team autonomy.

* Owner of the operations, control & instrumentation strategy & master plan, Site Level focus on simplification, automation, digitalization projects, PC&IS capability owner.

* Analyze the most frequent causes of breakdowns, wastes, out of specs products and recommend corrective actions/solutions in order to contribute to overall productivity and quality improvement.

* Update the technical documentation with the latest modifications or improvements.

* Support all necessary qualification and validation activities (Computer System Validation) activities following changes or upgrades.

* Support adherence to all relevant Computerized Systems validation procedures and rules.
• Collaborate with the Information Security Operations team in performing assessments on the shop floor.

* Contribute to the Information Security vulnerability management, e.g. by determining applicability of security patches (based on asset inventory) and applying said security patches or coordinating their application by vendors, when needed.

* Actively participate in the continuous improvement process

* Train and assist users with process control systems

* Ensure continuous technical support to production personnel to provide optimum operating conditions of process control & supervision systems related to production equipment.

* Provide coaching to other technical specialists.

Who we're looking for:

* Bachelors/Master's degree in engineering or equivalent education, Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronics major preferred.

* More than 5 years of experience in manufacturing facilities or similar.

* Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

* Programming abilities desired.

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, collaboration, teamwork, customer orientation, quick learning, and attention to detail.

* Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Annual Base Salary Range: $114,400-$143,000

What we offer:

We offer employees a competitive base salary and the potential to receive a discretionary annual bonus.

Employees (and their families) also have the option to enroll in our company medical, dental and vision plans. The company offers flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, as well as health savings accounts for those that choose to enroll in a high deductible health plan (HDHP). Employees are auto-enrolled in our company's 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan, which provides for both annual 5% employer matching contribution and an annual employer contribution.

As a new hire, you will enjoy an allotment of paid vacation time, paid sick time, 12 paid company holidays, and 3 paid floating holidays. We also provide our employees with paid parental leave, paid family and medical leave, paid bereavement leave, paid sick and safe time, paid public emergency leave, paid time off for jury duty, and paid time off for certain activities relating to their status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or crime.

The company offers unpaid national guard and…