Senior Electrical & Automation Engineer

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic‑related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way.

We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

The plant electrical and automation (E&A) engineer is a key technical expert in our highly automated manufacturing facility. You will have a high degree of autonomy and be relied upon to provide informal leadership to contractors, production, maintenance, IT, Engineers, and project teams. As a system owner/expert for automation, OT (Operational Technology), process control, Factory Automation Systems (FAS), Digital Automation solutions/tools and electrical distribution, you will be influential in creating a strategic vision for the future.

Drive, facilitate, and support the Digital Transformation efforts of manufacturing with solutions that are seamlessly integrated into the day‑to‑day operations with the goal of enhancing factory performance, collecting data and enriching the operator experience. Engaging, supporting maintenance group through Nestle maintenance foundation principles, competency building, & NCE‑TPM ways of working for round the clock operations. In addition, Project management responsibilities include design, administering upgrades/modifications/new installations to maintain and increase operational efficiency of the process.

• Provide technical support and troubleshooting of existing electrical and automation systems (PLCs, VFDs, MCCs, sensors/instruments, valves/motors, HMI, VMs and thin clients, Digital Manufacturing Operations (DMO), FAS software, industrial Ethernet networks, control panels, circuit breakers, etc.)
• Provide support and project guidance for implementing Operational Technology (OT) to improve efficiency, productivity, quality, and reliability.
• Complete incident investigations for downtime and quality deviations to determine root cause and propose or implement corrective and preventive actions
• Actively engage in Nestle Continuous Excellence and TPM initiatives. Be a E&A member of operation reviews (DOR, WOR, etc.).
• Share expertise and develop/provide training to build the competencies of team members
• Responsible for site electrical safety program and compliance to regulatory and Nestle standards.

• Lead maintenance team to maintain and support existing systems and structure.
• Ensure existing electrical and automation systems are properly maintained. (NFPA 70B)
• Ensuring regulatory compliance – NFPA 70E, NFPA 79, NEC, etc.
• Develop and maintain maintenance contracts for key E&A components.
• Control and support the general operation for maximum reliability and up‑time.
• Supply technical support for existing systems. Assist with troubleshooting and maintenance projects.
• Analyze the current E&A systems and install base to ensure continued maintainability and support; develop roadmap or masterplan where necessary.
• Coordinate regular system patching of FAS with IT…