Automation and Operational Technology Lead

**What We Offer**:

- Flexible medical, dental, and vision plan
- Employee & family assistance program
- RRSP matching program
- Health & Wellness reimbursements
- Product purchase program
- Opportunities to take part in job-related training and development
- Relocation cost (if applicable)

**Process Network, Cybersecurity, and Data Management**
- Work with the sites to ensure standards and policies are implemented and audit for compliance.
- Develop documented standards where they may not exist.
- Improve the security of OT systems by utilizing site resources to identify and implement projects/policies to close gaps.
- Oversee purchases for OT equipment, including Industrial Data Centers to ensure standards and compliance are met.
- Point of contact for Rockwell Automation to ensure best use of the Company's contracts with them.
- Work closely with the JDI OT group to ensure best practices concerning network and IDC design and cybersecurity efforts are followed.

**Automation and Controls**
- Work with the sites to ensure standards and policies are implemented and audit for compliance.
- Manage the development and implementation of Asset Management software across all sites to ensure tracking of backups, changes, etc.
- Review major spending and capital plans to ensure best practices and Company-wide needs are met.
- Oversee Preventative Maintenance plans for all major electrical, automation, controls, power, and OT systems to ensure asset reliability.
- Work with the sites to manage the overall administration and standardization of the PI Data Historian.
- Recommend changes in new equipment requirements as required.

**Asset Reliability**
- Provide electrical, automation, controls, power, and OT systems support for the Early Equipment Management efforts, including hierarchy recommendations, PM development, standards, etc.
- Maintain a consistent obsolescence plan for all electrical, automation, control, power, and OT systems throughout Irving Consumer Products to maximize value and extend useful life.

**People Development**
- Recommend and facilitate training for OT and E&I personnel
- Coach and Mentor individuals at the site level as required/needed
- Assist in developing standardized job requirements documentation as needed in relevant fields and crafts.

**Education**:

- A BS in Engineering or 7+ years of equivalent work experience is required.
- Certification/training in networking, cybersecurity, and/or server management is preferred.

**Experience**:

- 5 years’ experience in a relevant field required.
- Solid understanding of networking, cybersecurity, etc. is required.
- Direct experience with OT systems, automation, controls and/or cybersecurity is preferred.
- Automation and controls experience is preferred.
- Power system experience is a plus.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
- Training and/or experience with ethernet network systems is required.
- Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office programs, are required.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on leadership are required.
- Training/experience related to Operational Technology systems and Cybersecurity is preferred.
- Previous industrial automation and controls experience is preferred.
- Experience with Rockwell Automation controls is preferred.
- Process Improvement experience (Lean/Six Sigma) is a plus.
- Experience with a CMMS is a plus, with JDE experience preferred.

At **Irving Consumer Products**, we know the key to success is our people.

We are a leading manufacturer of premium quality tissue products - including national brands Royale® in Canada and Scotties® in the US - and private label. We also produce baby diapers under our Royale® brand as well as private label diapers and training pants for North American retailers.

We pride ourselves in our commitment to providing the best quality products and exceptional service to our consumers and customers.

Our parent company - J.D. Irving, Limited, is a responsible steward of the forests. Each year, its forest operations harvest less than 2 percent of the forest it manages, ensuring that the company grows more wood than it harvests. J.D. Irving has planted more than 1 billion trees since 1957, and the J.D. Irving Forest Supply Chain has been declared carbon neutral.

Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) has operations in Canada and the United States and are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With a culture that nurtures talent and creates an inclusive workplace, you can grow your career across our various operating divisions.