Sr Manufacturing System Engineer

Title: Sr Manufacturing System Engineer

Location: Boardman, OR

Job Requisition ID: Req-259773

Time Type: Full time

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The Process Control Engineer position leads the day-to-day development, troubleshooting, and maintenance for the plant’s Process Control infrastructure. Responsibilities also include participation in Charter plans under direction of the engineering manager. Work includes preparation of studies, reports, schedules, ability to manage budgets, inspections, read bid requests, evaluation of bid submittals, provide direction and coordination of contractors, controls programming, and ability to build capability in team member personal growth, skills and troubleshooting capability. The job requires excellent technical and programming development skills, organizational, and communication skills.

Key Accountabilities
• Lead the day-to-day PLC controls program troubleshooting to support plant operations.
• Work with Engineering team and IT to support automation and IT projects.
• Management of programming and development and maintenance of plant Process Control systems.
• Manager of Process Control technicians.
• Work with electrical TLM and team members to build capability and knowledge to improve reliability and eliminate losses related to PLC / automation / electrical components.
• Management of plant LOB servers.
• Manage controls systems and OEM supplied systems and equipment. Work with corporate Process Control to maintain overall automation and control goals, specifications, and integration standards.
• Work to execute the overall platform and plant automation and controls vision.
• Drive department to achieve key metrics.
• Support the Plant reliability through project and technical support
• Demonstrate servant leadership principles in all aspects of the role and encourage a culture of collaboration between all departments and team members
• Work closely with Plant leadership to align and prioritize workstreams to ensure continuity in directives between all departments, fostering a One Operations Mindset

Job Description

The Process Control Engineer position leads the day-to-day development, troubleshooting, and maintenance for the plant’s Process Control infrastructure. Responsibilities also include participation in Charter plans under direction of the engineering manager. Work includes preparation of studies, reports, schedules, ability to manage budgets, inspections, read bid requests, evaluation of bid submittals, provide direction and coordination of contractors, controls programming, and ability to build capability in team member personal growth, skills and troubleshooting capability.  The job requires excellent technical and programming development skills, organizational, and communication skills.

Key Accountabilities
•    Lead the day-to-day PLC controls program troubleshooting to support plant operations. 
•    Work with Engineering team and IT to support automation and IT projects.
•    Management of programming and development and maintenance of plant Process Control systems.  
•    Manager of Process Control technicians.
•    Work with electrical TLM and team members to build capability and knowledge to improve reliability and eliminate losses related to PLC / automation / electrical components.
•    Management of plant LOB servers. 
•    Manage controls systems and OEM supplied systems and equipment. Work with corporate Process Control to maintain overall automation and control goals, specifications, and integration standards. 
•    Work to execute the overall platform and plant automation and controls vision.       
•    Drive department to achieve key metrics.
•    Support the Plant reliability through project and technical support
•    Demonstrate servant leadership principles in all aspects of the role and encourage a culture of collaboration between all departments and team members 
•    Work closely with Plant leadership to align and prioritize workstreams to ensure continuity in directives between all departments, fostering a One Operations Mindset

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive related job experience or 4-year degree in Engineering

• Manufacturing plant experience in production/quality assurance/support.

• 3-5 years engineering experience in projects/maintenance work.

• Experience with Rockwell Hardware and development software platforms. Must have proven skills using tools such as project management software, visualization software and other planning media and the ability to concisely summarize goals and progress on projects into status reports.

• Excellent technical and analytical skills.

• Instrumentation, communications skills.

• Proficiency with communications protocols including Ethernet/IP, Device Net, and serial communications.

• Must be detail orientated.

• Proven self-starter and work history profile.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  

• Excellent problem solving and organizational skills. 

• Excellent PLC development, troubleshooting, and programming skills.

• Strong PC skills to include Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD.

• Leadership skills to work as a peer and advisor to other departments

• Key Leadership Competencies: Integrity, Trust, Ethics, Servant Leadership, Drive for Results, Building Effective Teams, Managing Vision and Purpose

• Ability to work off-shifts, weekends, and holidays when required

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Anticipated Close Date: 03/17/2026

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

Pay Rate or Range: $101,730.00 - $152,600.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law