The Wonderful Company
Electrical & Automation Manager **1st Shift
Del Rey, CA, United States
Sponsorship not specified$110k-$140kDetected 13 days ago
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About the role
- Provide direct technical leadership for advanced troubleshooting of electrical, automation, networking, and controls-related failures using schematics, software tools, and field diagnostics.
- Use CMMS data, downtime trends, and failure history to prioritize reliability actions and capital improvements.
- Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix, and legacy SLC5 systems
Responsibilities
- Connect with colleagues through our company-wide mentorship program to share goals, overcome challenges, and drive your career forward.
- Participate in training that empowers all employees to learn and implement concepts that drive significant, positive change in the workplace.
- The Electrical & Controls Manager is responsible for leading plant electrical, controls, automation, and OT support activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations.
- This role combines people leadership, hands-on troubleshooting, automation strategy, capital project execution, and continuous improvement ownership across processing, packaging, utilities, and facility support systems.
- Lead, coach, develop, and manage the electrical and controls team through clear expectations, scheduling, training, performance management, and accountability for execution.
- Own plant support for PLC, HMI, VFD, instrumentation, power distribution, safety circuits, and supervisory systems across Fresh, Arils & Beverage processes. Occasional regional travel as needed to support other facilities.
- Drive control system lifecycle management, including migration plans for obsolete PLC, HMI, network, and drive platforms.
- Support plant electrical infrastructure and low-voltage control systems, including troubleshooting, design review, documentation updates, and expansion planning.
- Manage approved controls contractors, system integrators, and vendors to ensure work is executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to plant standards.
- With nearly two million pomegranate trees in Central California, we grow, handpick and juice our own pomegranates to ensure the highest quality.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of reliability methodologies, root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement principles.
- Working knowledge of electrical safety standards and safe work practices including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash, and machine safety systems.
- Ability to foster a collaborative team environment built on communication, accountability, engagement, and mutual respect.
- Self-directed leader capable of balancing strategic planning with hands-on operational support when required.
Nice to have
- Industrial data platforms
- Industry 4.0 technologies preferred
- Electrical schematics
- Mechanical drawings
- AutoCAD Electrical
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Automation, Mechatronics, Industrial Technology, or related technical discipline preferred.
- Experience supporting high-speed manufacturing, packaging, or processing operations within food, beverage, CPG, or related industrial environments preferred.
- Prior experience leading capital projects, equipment upgrades, or plant modernization initiatives preferred.
Skills
- Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.
Compensation
- $110k-$140k
Benefits
- virtual mental health resources
- cash rewards for healthy habits and fitness reimbursements
- library of on-demand fitness videos
- POM Wonderful is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $6 billion company with 10,000 employees worldwide.
- The Wonderful Company's connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA.
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