Corporate Area Technical Manager

Job Description:

  • Provide technical support to Corporate and mill teams responsible for DCS, QCS, PLC, and drives systems
  • Identify, recommend, and deliver DCS training opportunities for control system engineers and technicians
  • Engage early in capital project development to ensure proper specification and supportability of control system equipment
  • Establish DCS lifecycle management expectations for capital planning and long-term system reliability
  • Support corporate control system audits, assessments, and improvement initiatives
  • Partner with Operations, IT, and Controls organizations to develop and promote control system best practices
  • Lead or coordinate planning activities for system updates, upgrades, and reliability improvements
  • Travel as needed to support capital projects, reliability initiatives, troubleshooting efforts, and system upgrades
  • Develop practical and creative solutions to improve cybersecurity on legacy control system platforms
  • Stay current on supplier advisories, known issues, knowledge base articles, software updates, and emerging risks
  • Ensure DCS initiatives remain aligned with risk management, production continuity, and operational resilience
  • Serve as a resource for best practices and liaison among mill teams, Corporate Technology specialists, and Corporate IT professionals
  • Support each mill in maintaining, improving, and sustaining its DCS systems

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of broad technical expertise and practical experience
  • Experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS) hardware, including Honeywell, ABB Bailey, Emerson DeltaV, or Rockwell
  • Experience with control tuning
  • Experience with instrumentation
  • Experience with DCS programming of logic
  • Project management experience
  • Experience with DCS upgrades
  • Experience with process optimization
  • Experience with project budget estimations
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and similar applications
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to listen to site concerns, communicate best practices, and apply a service-oriented mindset
  • Knowledge of instrumentation, DCS technologies, cybersecurity threats, and industry best practices
  • Proactive, curious, innovative, and committed to staying current
  • Ability to travel as needed to support projects, reliability initiatives, troubleshooting, and upgrades

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