Controls & Automation Supervisor

**Position Snapshot**
**Business area: Nestle Canada Inc.**
**Job title: Controls & Automation Supervisor**

**Location: Toronto, ON located at 72 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON M6R 2B6**

**A little bit about us**
While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
- Company matched pension plan
- Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company.
- Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
- Bonus eligibility
- Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules, and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships.

**Position Summary**

We are looking for a Controls & Automation Supervisor based at our Sterling Road Factory reporting into the Maintenance Manager. This role will be responsible for leadership of Sterling Road's Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and management of Electrical and Automation (E&A) infrastructure for operational activities and handover of CAPEX projects. You will approach your work with diligence and consideration of corporate guidelines and health & safety. It is important in this role to bring a continuous improvement mindset to all activities.

**A day in the life of a Controls & Automation Supervisor**

As a Controls & Automation Supervisor, you will:
**Excel in Industrialization**
- Collaborate in the execution of Automation Investments’ projects in the factory to ensure that the technical solution is compliant to corporate and market standards and is delivered with the expected quality and on time.
- Ensure automation projects meet user and technical specifications, coordinating the requirements of the end-users (production, quality, etc.) as key stakeholders to Engineering, collaborate in Automation & Electrical projects' factory-acceptance-tests (FATs), and facilitate knowledge transfer and training of maintenance crews.

**Manage existing assets**
- Ensure Process & Equipment safety for people, products and environment
- Participate in the implementation of safety compliance assessment tools at site level and in Maintenance & Improvement (M&I) activities in the factory
- Enable world class maintenance execution in Operations by providing asset maintenance according to the Nestlé Strategy (using TPM as the multi-disciplinary approach to maintain/improve fixed assets, and AMM to manage their life cycle).
- Provide effective support to the factory’s skilled trades team to attain necessary automation and controls skill set

**What will make you successful?**
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a technical field, preferably in food manufacturing or consumer goods industry (as Engineering Supervisor, Maintenance Engineer, Technician, or other similar position)
- Demonstrated automation & controls competencies, preferably with electrical/software development experience
- Experience with personnel supervision
- Some experience in the development of technical projects as a part of multidisciplinary team and technical lead on projects related to automation.
- Providing technical support for the skilled trades where appropriate, obtain support from other stakeholders and 3rd party resources.

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting Maintenance career you’ve always wanted.

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

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