Electrical Controls Supervisor

About Musco Olive Company

At Musco Family Olive Company, we take pride in our heritage as a family-owned business dedicated to producing the highest quality olives in California. With a deep respect for tradition and a strong commitment to sustainability, we combine decades of expertise with a passion for excellence. Our goal is to deliver the finest olives while caring for our land, our community, and our people.

When you join Musco Family Olive Company, you become part of a family-owned business with a long-standing commitment to quality, tradition, and sustainability. We are dedicated to creating a positive work environment where teamwork and integrity are at the forefront. Our focus on producing the finest quality olives is matched by our dedication to caring for our employees, fostering a workplace that values safety, responsibility, and a shared passion for excellence.

Reporting to the Plant Engineer, the Electrical Controls Supervisor is responsible for effectively managing and continuously improving this food processing facility’s highly automated, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) technology-based machine and process control systems, in a manner that fully supports the Plant’s daily production goals, the maintenance organization’s mission, and the business’s longer term capital project plans.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and troubleshooting PLC based control systems and related technologies to include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Ethernet based PLC and Computer networking, Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), AC/DC Motor Drives, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Multi-axis Servo Controllers, Closed Single Loop Controllers, Digital and Analog Instrumentation, Sensors, Encoders, Actuators, etc.

Supervising and directing the Plant’s Electrical Maintenance Team in carrying out and accomplishing these technical tasks and responsibilities is an essential element of the job. Hands‑on PLC programming and diagnostic skills will also be used routinely to drive high up‑time equipment performance and process reliability.

• Lead the design, development, implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of the Plant's PLC based factory floor machine and process control systems in accordance with the NFPA 70, local, state, and federal standards and guidelines.
• Serving as the site's Controls expert technical troubleshooting "go-to" resource for the Electrical Maintenance Team.
• Supervise, direct, and develop the skills of the Electrical Maintenance Team members.
• Specify, source, and initiate the purchasing of electrical controls related to hardware and software.
• Manage capital projects to include Management of Change (MOC), project scoping, project planning, contractor bidding, supervision & directing of contracted Programmers and System Integrators.
• Support and develop control systems documentation packages (P&IDs, Ladder Logic notes, Electrical Schematics, Machine Labeling, Standard Operating Procedures).
• Support all company policies, Employee Safety standards, Food Safety initiatives, USDA & FDA Regulations, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Follow all safety rules and regulations, including active participation in the prompt identification and communication of safety hazards.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

The position will supervise members of the Electrical Maintenance Team in support of daily production activities and while performing projects and/or continuous improvement initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field, with 5 years of experience.
• Experience supervising technical personnel in a production environment.
• Proven experience in PLC logic and programming with the following PLCs:
  Allen Bradley, Siemens, and GE.
• PLC ethernet networking knowledge and skills.
• Experience in machine control electronics.
• Electrical knowledge supporting the evaluation, troubleshooting and implementation of corrective actions of complex electrical controls, on both micro‑processor and relay designs, also…