Industrial Automation and Cybersecurity Engineer

Manufacturing
Industrial Automation and Cybersecurity Engineer
United States, Dallas
On-site
Permanent Full-Time
Posted: 18 Mar 2025

About the job
At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire an Industrial Automation and Cybersecurity Engineer based in our Dallas, Texas manufacturing facility. This role will support the Dallas, Texas plant (primary) and the Fort Worth plant, based on site at the Dallas plant and will require occasional travel (estimated to be approximately 10%) to the Fort Worth, Texas location, based on business needs.

In this role, you will be the single point of contact for deploying Operational Technology strategy, managing automation needs and projects, and working as a liaison between plant operations and the corporate automation team for the two facilities. Your primary responsibility will be to optimize the availability of industrial automation systems, including hardware, network, SCADA software, databases, and integration of new components. You will also utilize cybersecurity tools such as Claroty, Factory Talk Security, and Factory Talk Asset Center to mitigate threats and prevent unauthorized access to industrial control systems. You will also be responsible for managing automation improvement projects and participating in recovery efforts during equipment and plant outages or planned shutdowns.

Additional Job Responsibilities include:

Ensure compliance with Danone OT cybersecurity policies and standards.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex and ambiguous plant control system issues and escalate when necessary. This includes everything from the operation and control (level 3) down to process and devices (level 0).
Report high priority incidents related to cybersecurity to plant director, automation director and regional security manager.
Project management related to industrial networking, application upgrades and project automation at the facilities.
Industrial Automation Asset Management using Claroty and SolarWinds.
Management of vendor access for PLC and SCADA applications.
Participate in Cybersecurity audits and maintain audit reports.
Continuous improvement of Cybersecurity KPI (Vulnerability mitigation, threat detection, access management).
Periodical reporting of Cybersecurity KPI’s to plant directors, automation director and regional security officer.
Continuous improvement of industrial automation systems.
Maintain and update industrial automation architecture drawings.
Industrial automation hardware and software life cycle management (obsolescence).
Organize windows patch install in industrial automation servers and workstations with the Americas server infrastructure team.
Master plan development for industrial networking and industrial applications roadmap.
Share knowledge and learnings through Danone North America networking.
Enforce Danone North America automation standards and specifications as part of plant initiatives and projects.
Facilitate meetings regarding continuous improvement of system performance, reliability, and obsolescence.

About you
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, with a minimum of 5 years of automation and operations technologies experience within a manufacturing environment. In lieu of a completed bachelor's degree, successful candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of information systems and automation technologies experience in a food or beverage or CPG manufacturing environment.
Experience and working knowledge in:
Plant wide automation network design
Allen Bradley/ Rockwell PLC programming
Industrial networking and communication protocols (OPC-UA, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, IO Link, AS-i)
Basic electrical knowledge and comfort working with 24VDC, 120VAC and 480VAC control systems and their associated components.
A plus:
Familiarity with the following SCADA or HMI systems:
Ignition
Wonderware
Factory Talk View SE/ME
Familiarity with programming languages and SQL programming is a plus.
ISA/IES 62443 Cybersecurity Certification
Experience in IT and OT network segregation utilizing the Purdue model
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite and Microsoft server environments.
Self-directed and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
Organized and self-disciplined to accommodate the management of concurrent projects.
Excellent conflict resolution and communication skills.
Quick learner, open to learning new things (attending training & certification related to the role as needed) and adaptable to change.
Ability to support 24/7 manufacturing environment; work schedules could include nights and/or weekends as business needs dictate.
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About Danone
At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of the largest Certified B Corp™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

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