Senior Controls & Automation Engineer, Kansas City Plant

Job Location

KANSAS CITY PLANT - F&HC

Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY

We are seeking a Senior Controls and Automation Engineer to provide technical leadership for the design, integration, commissioning, and long-term support of industrial controls and automation systems at our Kansas City manufacturing site. This role will guide equipment suppliers, system integrators, and cross-functional plant teams to deliver safe, reliable, maintainable, and scalable automation solutions for new and existing manufacturing capabilities.

What You Will Do

• Lead controls and automation delivery: Own the controls, instrumentation, automation, and system-integration scope from early design through startup, qualification, operational handoff, and sustainment.
• Define integrated system architecture: Develop control architectures, functional requirements, interface specifications, control narratives, network requirements, and technical execution plans for coordinated manufacturing systems.
• Drive equipment and line integration: Define machine-to-machine interfaces, operating sequences, equipment states, fault handling, interlocks, permissives, changeover coordination, and recovery strategies across connected equipment.
• Provide technical direction: Lead design reviews and technical decisions with OEMs, system integrators, engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, safety, IT/OT, and digital teams. Coach supporting engineers and drive adherence to site and corporate standards.
• Deliver robust software and controls: Develop, review, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI/SCADA, motion, vision, instrumentation, and supervisory-control applications using disciplined engineering, testing, version-control, and change-management practices.
• Integrate data and manufacturing systems: Connect automation platforms with production reporting, quality, historian, performance-monitoring, and plant information systems while protecting deterministic control performance and data integrity.
• Own testing and startup readiness: Plan and lead design verification, factory and site acceptance testing, commissioning, qualification, validation support, vertical startup, defect resolution, and final technical turnover.
• Ensure safety, quality, and compliance: Apply electrical safety, machine safety, cybersecurity, quality, and regulatory requirements. Verify safe-state behavior, alarm and fault strategies, traceability, and product-protection controls.
• Build sustainable site capability: Create and maintain design files, software backups, test records, standards, training materials, support procedures, spare-parts recommendations, and lifecycle plans. Train plant personnel and transition systems to long-term ownership.

What Success Looks Like

• Automation systems are delivered safely, on schedule, and ready for reliable production operation.

• Equipment and information systems operate as one coordinated manufacturing solution with clear ownership boundaries and maintainable interfaces.

• Testing, documentation, training, and lifecycle-support plans enable a disciplined handoff to plant operations and maintenance.

• Technical risks are surfaced early, decisions are documented, and corrective actions result in sustainable improvements rather than temporary fixes.

Work Environment

This is an on-site manufacturing role at our Kansas City Plant that includes office, production-floor, equipment-testing, commissioning, and startup activities. Work may occasionally occur outside normal business hours to support critical testing, startup, or operational events. Appropriate personal protective equipment and site safety procedures are required in manufacturing areas.

Job Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 3-5 years of progressive experience delivering industrial controls and automation solutions in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with PLC and HMI/SCADA development, including Rockwell Automation ControlLogix or comparable industrial platforms.
• Experience integrating industrial equipment, instrumentation, drives, motion systems, machine vision, safety systems, and industrial networks.
• Demonstrated experience with system design, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, commissioning, startup, and production support.
• Ability to lead technical work across OEMs, system integrators, project teams, and plant functions without relying on direct reporting relationships.
• Working knowledge of electrical design practices, machine-safety principles, control-system cybersecurity, software version control, and formal change management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convert complex technical requirements into clear designs, plans, and decisions.
• Ability to work on site five days per week at the Kansas City Plant and travel domestically up to 10%.

Preferred

• Experience with high-speed discrete manufacturing, packaging, material handling, or coordinated multi-machine production systems.
• Experience with supervisory control architectures, equipment-state models, batch or sequence control, and standardized machine integration methods such as PackML.
• Experience with FactoryTalk View, industrial historians, manufacturing information systems, virtualization, and segmented IT/OT network architectures.
• Experience producing and executing user requirements, design-basis documents, interface specifications, test protocols, validation traceability, and turnover packages.
• Experience applying data analytics, advanced controls, or digital manufacturing tools to improve reliability, quality, throughput, and operational decision-making.
• Professional Engineer licensure, TÜV Functional Safety certification, ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity training, or relevant Rockwell Automation certifications.

At P&G, we believe that diverse experiences help build strong leaders. Mobility is a key component of many management careers, providing opportunities to grow through different assignments, locations, and business challenges. Candidates should be prepared to consider relocation opportunities throughout their career as business needs and development opportunities arise.

Compensation for roles at P&G varies depending on a wide array of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, degree/credentials, relevant skill set, and level of relevant experience. At P&G compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Total rewards at P&G include salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits. Your recruiter may be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the hiring process.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000162340

Job Segmentation

Experienced Professionals

Starting Pay / Salary Range

$125,700.00 - $157,100.00 / year