Link Snacks is seeking a Controls Engineering Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and development of all automation, controls, and SCADA systems within a highly automated food manufacturing facility. This role ensures maximum equipment uptime, system reliability, and continuous improvement of automation platforms to support world-class safety, quality, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will drive OEE improvements, reduce downtime, and expand digital plant capabilities by partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and OpEx/Continuous Improvement. Key responsibilities include owning the site-wide automation strategy, standardizing PLC/HMI/SCADA/network architectures, and developing a long-term modernization roadmap; maintaining 24/7 control system support, owning major automation issue escalation, and reducing MTTR in collaboration with Maintenance; leading a team of Controls and SCADA Engineers and Automation Technicians; integrating reliability and TPM initiatives; leading automation scope for capital projects, including line installations, system upgrades, and process improvements; ensuring data accuracy in SCADA/MES and enabling real-time visibility into downtime and performance; collaborating with CI, Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability to drive improvements; and delivering projects on time and within budget. The role requires hands-on experience with PLCs (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, etc.), HMI/SCADA systems, industrial networks, motion control, vision systems, robotics, and system integration, with a solid understanding of CMMS, re

Link Snacks is seeking a Controls Engineering Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and development of all automation, controls, and SCADA systems within a highly automated food manufacturing facility. This role ensures maximum equipment uptime, system reliability, and continuous improvement of automation platforms to support world-class safety, quality, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will drive OEE improvements, reduce downtime, and expand digital plant capabilities by partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and OpEx/Continuous Improvement. Key responsibilities include owning the site-wide automation strategy, standardizing PLC/HMI/SCADA/network architectures, and developing a long-term modernization roadmap; maintaining 24/7 control system support, owning major automation issue escalation, and reducing MTTR in collaboration with Maintenance; leading a team of Controls and SCADA Engineers and Automation Technicians; integrating reliability and TPM initiatives; leading automation scope for capital projects, including line installations, system upgrades, and process improvements; ensuring data accuracy in SCADA/MES and enabling real-time visibility into downtime and performance; collaborating with CI, Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability to drive improvements; and delivering projects on time and within budget. The role requires hands-on experience with PLCs (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, etc.), HMI/SCADA systems, industrial networks, motion control, vision systems, robotics, and system integration, with a solid understanding of CMMS, re