Electrical & Controls Supervisor

Responsibilities

Hood Lumber, a division of Hood Industries, Inc., is seeking an Electrical & Controls Supervisor to join our Bogalusa lumber facility. The role provides hands‑on technical leadership for plant automation, controls, and electrical systems while leading and developing a team of controls technicians and electricians to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

• Lead, coach, and develop PLC Control Technicians and Electricians through effective performance management, training, mentoring, and succession planning to build a high‑performing automation team.
• Assist with training progression and skills development for the automation and controls team.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, and engineering leadership to align controls strategy with plant objectives.
• Assign work, establish priorities, and ensure adequate staffing to support production, maintenance, and capital project needs.
• Participate in and ensure compliance with company safety programs, policies, and preventive maintenance initiatives.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is performed in accordance with applicable standards and procedures.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair instrument, electronic, and electrical equipment on the site to manufacturer specifications.
• Provide advanced technical expertise in programmable logic control (PLC) systems, including design, development, programming, and optimization.
• Design and develop graphical user screens utilized within human machine interfaces (HMI’s).
• Modify control system logic and industrial machinery to improve equipment reliability, performance, and process control.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain industrial control networks, including Control Net, Device Net, and Ethernet/IP.
• Provide technical support for electrical equipment such as motors, switch gear, motor control centers, and variable frequency drives during start‑up and day‑to‑day operations.
• Oversee OEM electrical and control system modifications to ensure compliance with plant standards and operational requirements.
• Evaluate and develop in‑house plant instrumentation and automation resources.
• Read and interpret pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic schematics, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Test, inspect, calibrate, and adjust control instrumentation and determine root causes of equipment or system malfunctions.

Description Position at Hood Lumber

• Lead, coach, and develop PLC Control Technicians and Electricians through effective performance management, training, mentoring, and succession planning to build a high‑performing automation team.
• Assist with training progression and skills development for the automation and controls team.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, and engineering leadership to align controls strategy with plant objectives.
• Assign work, establish priorities, and ensure adequate staffing to support production, maintenance, and capital project needs.
• Participate in and ensure compliance with company safety programs, policies, and preventive maintenance initiatives.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work is performed in accordance with applicable standards and procedures.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair instrument, electronic, and electrical equipment on the site to manufacturer specifications.
• Provide advanced technical expertise in programmable logic control (PLC) systems, including design, development, programming, and optimization.
• Design and develop graphical user screens utilized within human machine interfaces (HMI’s).
• Modify control system logic and industrial machinery to improve equipment reliability, performance, and process control.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain industrial control networks, including Control Net, Device Net, and Ethernet/IP.
• Provide technical support for electrical equipment such as motors, switch gear, motor control centers, and variable frequency drives during start‑up and day‑to‑day operations.
• Oversee OEM electrical and control system modifications to ensure compliance with plant standards and operational requirements.
• Evaluate and develop in‑house plant instrumentation and automation resources.
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