Automation Control Systems Manager in Belvidere, Illinois

Job Title

DC Control System Manager

Creates, manages, and oversees the DC Control System master plan. Supports plans and initiatives to maintain system performance. Executes planned outages and troubleshooting including the execution of corrective action across all relevant lines. Develops and maintains relationships with other departments, vendors, and key stakeholders. Identifies and communicates goals and objectives. Builds accountability for and measures progress to achieve results. Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities.

Demonstrates adaptability and promotes continuous learning. Ensures business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives. Develops the skills and abilities of site associates. Creates and facilitates training content and programs including Associate Work Instruction development and creation. Participates in internal and external recruiting initiatives to fill staffing opportunities. Consults with business partners, managers, coworkers, and other key stakeholders.

Solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Manages multiple projects within Operations by defining scopes of work and project objectives. Establishes project activities, deliverables, milestones, and timelines. Coordinates planning activities for example business requirements, risk assessments, target dates, and assembles management plans. Tracks plan changes and ensures the resolution of critical issues. Identifies the resources needed for project completion.

Delivers presentations, status reports, and other project documentation to internal stakeholders and external suppliers at regular intervals. Troubleshoots and analyzes operational processes, automation equipment, and case flow nonconformities. Leads root cause analysis and drives equipment reliability and process stability. Supports control system resolution. Engages cross-functional departments and vendor teams as necessary. Evaluates and manages control systems performance, utilization, and capacities.

Creates and leverages detailed reporting to understand system performance and implements continuous improvement projects around employee performance and system operations. Partners and maintains transparent relationships with customers and other vendor contacts to enable maximum system performance. Champions technology improvements to current platform standards to reduce effort, increase productivity, and accelerate business goals. Leads the process improvement of control system architecture, change management, and the development and integration of electrical and control systems for automation equipment on product and packaging initiatives, capacity, and savings projects.

Observes DC electrical safety and power systems and recovery by monitoring and ensuring department performance related to training implementation execution and change management for example power systems and recovery plans. Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs identifying and communicating goals and objectives building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results identifying and addressing improvement opportunities and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.

Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.

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