Electronic Engineer PLC

Job description

Location

Planta Escobedo, NL, Mx. About The Hershey Company The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today. Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose. How will you fit in the big picture? As an Electronic Engineer PLC, you will provide hands-on technical support for plant control systems and partner across maintenance, operations, engineering, quality, and safety. You will help keep equipment reliable, improve productivity, and advance continuous improvement projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What will you do? Troubleshoot, repair, and prevent electronic, electrical, instrumentation, and control-system failures across plant operations. Program, modify, integrate, and maintain PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo and motion-control systems, SCADA, robots, metal detectors, and industrial communication networks. Analyze equipment performance and operating sequences, document root causes and corrective actions, and maintain current program backups and failure databases.

Specify and size control, measurement, and electrical components; support calibrations for level, flow, pressure, and temperature instruments. Partner with project engineers and cross-functional teams on upgrades, obsolescence plans, new technologies, and continuous improvement initiatives. Create clear technical documentation, communicate shift handoffs, and provide responsive service to internal teams and external suppliers.

Minimum Requirements

Experience: 2+ years of relevant experience supporting industrial automation and controls, including PLC programming and troubleshooting. Experience with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMI platforms, industrial networks, VFDs, instrumentation, robotics, or SCADA is required. Food manufacturing experience and familiarity with applicable safety, quality, and environmental standards are preferred. Ability to provide off-shift support as business needs require.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Automation and Control Engineering, Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering, or a related automation and controls field. #IND #LI-JS1 #LI-Onsite