Electrical Controls Engineer

The Role:

This role requires 50% travel to our Danville PA facility, and Centreville MD facility, other locations on occasion as needed. 50% remote.

The Electrical Controls Engineer will execute the industrial control and programming strategy for GTI's cultivation and production facilities.

This role will oversee multi-site-level industrial controls, networking, and security related to cultivation environments and process automation across multiple cultivation and production facilities. The Electrical Controls Engineer shall aid in the development of the industrial communication infrastructure and act to plan, deploy, and troubleshoot new functionality for site-level projects. This role willbe responsible foroverseeingdirectionof external vendors in keeping with GTI's goals and standards.

The right candidate for us has a strong electrical engineering background, experience inSCADA systems and PLCs,and is comfortable working cross-functionally with both external vendors and internal stakeholders. If you are a problem-solving, agile team player with no ego, get stuff done with excellence human, we want to connect!

Significant travel (+50%) isrequired.

Essential functions:

• Act as the focal point/interface between the operational technology (OT), IT, and security infrastructuresacrossmultiple sites.

• Ensure that all controls, networking, and security projects are planned and integrated in keeping with the GTI enterprise-level OT and IT direction across multiple sites.

• Work with integrators, contractors, and site personnel to bring new functionality online and to troubleshoot issues as they arise.

• Work with site reliability and facilities personnel to develop and execute preventative maintenance plans as relates to OT/IT/security hardware.

• Maintain SCADA and PLC implementations at the site level in line with GTI OT standards.

• Maintain up to date as-built records and drawings for OT, IT, and security deployments.

• Other duties as assigned.

Safety & Compliance:

• Be aware of hazards in theworkspace.

• Retain and understand department specifictraining.

• Report safety incidents/ concerns andcomply withfollow-upactions.

• Be compliant with area safety requirements, stateregulationsand PPErequirements.

• Follow GMP, biosecurity, sanitation or other quality and compliancerequirements.

• Report and escalate safety& qualityconcerns.

Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis regularly required toperform reaching, grasping, bending, stooping, talking, hearing,seeingand repetitivemotions.

• Must be able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time whilemaintainingfocus.

• Must be able to work in an environment that is 85+ degrees and 70% humidity for extendedperiods.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment

• Work involves daily exposure to allergens (such as cannabis, tree nuts, and coconut oil).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree inindustrial,electrical, or computerengineeringor related field from an ABETAccreditedinstitution.

• A minimum of 2 years in Operational Technology, withexperiencetroubleshooting and resolving electrical and control system issues.

• Proficiencyinreading and understanding engineering drawings, including electrical diagrams and P&IDs.

• Industrial networking/IT experience, including experience in the administration of Microsoft collaboration software and infrastructure (Teams, OneDrive,SharePoint, Active Directory)

• SCADA experience, Ignition by Inductive Automation preferred.

• Proficiencywith programming languages such as Python preferred.

• ProficiencywithPLCs,Ladder Logic,Structured Text,Rockwell, or similar engineering tools and platformspreferred.

• CPG/Manufacturing experience is preferred.

• Strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills

• Strong analytical and interpretation skills

• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to manage large-scale projects from conception to implementation.

• Ability to work effectively with littlesupervision; highly independent and flexible with setting and changing priorities.

• Effective time-management skills and ability to multi-task

• Ability to work well with others while also completing individually assignedtasks.

• Ability to collaboratively lead and influence stakeholders across all organization functions.

• Ability to travel 50% and workalldaysand hours asrequired.

Additional Requirements

• Mustbe ata minimum of 21 years ofage.

• MustpossessvalidstateID.

• Must beable to obtain, andmaintain, state badging requirementstowork inthecannabis industry (requires background check and state review)