Electrical Controls Project Manager Engineer III- Houston, TX

Electrical Controls Project Manager Engineer III - Houston, TX

Apply for the Electrical Controls Project Manager Engineer III - Houston, TX role at H‑E‑B.

H‑E‑B Manufacturing’s goal is to achieve superior self‑manufactured products through high‑quality, low‑cost foods. We are committed to the growth, development, and training of our Partners, while continually achieving superior levels of service.

As an Electrical Controls Engineer III, you’ll provide a lead role in MFG’s overall development of the Electrical, Programming, and Controls functional area in support of H‑E‑B Manufacturing’s current and future needs.

Once you’re eligible, you’ll become an Owner in the company, so we’re looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. “Partner‑owned” means our most important resources—People—drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H‑E‑B The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company.

• Develops manufacturing equipment specifications and standards that align with industry code and regulations, supports development, improvement, and refinement of standards focused on electrical, controls, and programming infrastructure.
• Leads definition of key machine data to interface with PLC, SCADA, and MES systems.
• Develops hard‑wired and wireless network architecture standards for equipment platforms with IS support.
• Maintains a central repository for all things electrical, including single‑line drawings, network architecture drawings, equipment electrical schematics, etc.
• Ensures support contracts are in place for PLC, SCADA, MES, and other electrical controls systems.
• Assists in troubleshooting and analyzing problems on technical outages with electrical or programming interfaces.
• Supports and maintains equipment electrical controls and programming systems.
• Maintains and improves equipment electrical drawings, and various control system hardware programs (e.g., PLCs, PACs, drives, Ethernet switches, SCADA systems).
• Troubleshoots plant controls systems in partnership with cross‑functional H‑E‑B and third‑party resources.
• Provides technical support for plant teams in troubleshooting, education, overall alignment of technology with innovation, and implementation, including best practices and industry standards with regards to electrical, controls, and programming standards.
• Serves as a lead resource for SCADA and MES server/thin client solutions; updates SCADA and MES server/thin client solutions per business requirements.
• Serves as lead resource for construction, commissioning, qualification, and validation of new equipment with focus on electrical, controls, and programming technology.
• Assists with capital plan development, focusing on network architecture and electrical controls systems.
• Develops or modifies electrical drawings as required, using AutoCAD; updates electrical single‑lines, schematics, and networking infrastructure layouts.
• Assists in development of plant programming/E&I Leader.
• Leads and ensures continuous improvement of H‑E‑B manufacturing electrical specifications and engineering workflow processes; partners with appropriate resources to review current process flows and determine opportunities to improve equipment reliability.
• Evaluates and implements emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and wearables).

• Develops and executes electrical controls and programming projects; supports larger MFG capital projects using internal and external resources and leveraging cross‑functional teams to meet project success criteria.
• Leads projects by using H‑E‑B's project management methodology and supplemental electrical controls & programming templates (e.g., Project charter, project schedule, SOWs, RFPs, RFQs, WBS, FAT, SAT, CQV).
• Serves as an internal resource for project teams to provide key direction on functionality, specifications, standards, and integration with plant systems with a heavy focus on electrical controls.
• Develops and provides necessary pre‑project technical training (including electrical) and leadership skills related to high‑performance work system principles.

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