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Bel · 13 hours ago

Operational Technology Manager

Brookings, SD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Bel is a major player in the food industry, specializing in dairy, fruit, and plant-based products. The Operational Technology Manager is responsible for overseeing the implementation of operational technologies, ensuring data availability, and optimizing industrial IT infrastructure, while also contributing to technical expertise groups and managing business applications deployment.

Food and BeverageManufacturing

Responsibilities

Ensure the deployment and local operation of the EDGE, which serves as the middle layer for data management and deployment of various industrial applications

Oversee connectivity works, including migration and update of shopfloor equipment, and physical connections

Deploy, update, and contextualize data model standards for all machines, maintaining the availability of industrial data to upper layers and inter-asset communications

Supervise and optimize the industrial IT infrastructure (ILAN), managing networks, servers, control, and monitoring systems, ensuring network security, availability, and performance, and adhering to group technical standards and cybersecurity requirements in coordination with the IT Site manager

Deploy international standards (OPC UA, PACK ML, ISA) and make necessary program modifications to optimize overall plant performance, employing innovative technologies such as PLC machine, HMI, AI and machine learning, Vision, Wireless security and control, AGV, COBOT

Participate in technical expertise groups (GET) led by corporate teams, contribute to the deployment of digital streams, and manage deployment of business applications from the EDGE Manager, including the creation of specific applications

Maintain up-to-date technical documentation for the plant, provide training and knowledge transfer locally on new technologies or deployed modifications, functionally manage site automation engineers, and facilitate community engagement in collaboration with the technical manager

Provide first-level automation training to autonomous teams and update operational KPIs within their domain

Qualification

Industrial automationPLC programmingIndustrial IT infrastructureProject managementCybersecurity awarenessMachine learningIndustrial protocolsTechnical English proficiencyProactivityInterest in innovationRigorousMethodicalElectrical certification B1LinuxWindowsCross-functional leadershipCollaborative teamwork

Required

Engineer-level education or equivalent in acquired skills, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in engineering/automation

3 years of successful experience in managing industrial projects and automation packages, preferably in the agri-food sector

Recognized expertise in designing automation and robotic systems, including PLC, variable speed drives, sensors, EDGE, robots, cobots, industrial safety systems, and industrial information systems such as SCADA and MES

Cross-functional leadership and management

High level of autonomy, proactivity, and initiative-taking

Rigorous and methodical, with a strong written communication culture

Collaborative teamwork with multiple functional areas (IS/IT, Industrial Performance, Purchasing, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, etc.)

Interest in technological innovation

Technical English proficiency

Industrial protocols: OPC-UA (Advanced level: Address Spaces, Companion Specifications, etc.), Profinet, Ethernet/IP, IO-Link, AS-Interface

Automation: Rockwell (ControlLogix RS, Studio 5000), SIEMENS (S7 Family, TIA Portal), Schneider (PacDrive, Modicon)

SCADAs & HMI: WinCC, FactoryTalk (View, Linux)

Industrial standards: PackML, Industrial safety standards (e.g., NF EN 61508), Robotics (ISO 15066), vision and AI

Knowledge of Linux & Windows / Industrial network administration (Cisco, Vmware, Windows Server, Stratix, Scalance, Linux)

Awareness of cybersecurity

Electrical certification level B1

Applied industrial deployment experience of machine learning/ AI solutions

Company

Bel

The Bel Group is a major player in the food industry through portions of dairy, fruit and plant-based products, and one of the world leaders in branded cheeses.

Founded in 1865

Suresnes, Ile-de-France, FRA

10001+ employees