Location: Richmond, Virginia
Work Arrangement: 100% onsite
Employment Type: Full-time, permanent
Schedule: Monday–Friday, core business hours
Travel: Quarterly travel to Long Island, New York
Relocation Assistance: Available
Security Clearance: Not required
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
People Management: Formal management experience not required
Position Overview
A leading global food and beverage manufacturer is seeking a Site Automation & OT Cybersecurity Cluster Lead to provide technical and strategic leadership across a cluster of manufacturing facilities.
The role is responsible for reliable, secure and supportable automation systems, digital-transformation roadmaps, industrial control networks, OT cybersecurity, technology lifecycle planning and business continuity.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop site and cluster roadmaps for automation upgrades and digital manufacturing.
• Translate manufacturing priorities into practical technology initiatives.
• Lead connected manufacturing, IoT and Industry 4.0 adoption.
• Provide technical leadership for plant automation and control systems.
• Serve as escalation point for complex automation, controls, infrastructure and security issues.
• Lead OT cybersecurity technology, standards and compliance.
• Assess risks and coordinate vulnerability remediation.
• Promote secure configuration, access control, patching, backup and recovery.
• Oversee industrial control-network infrastructure and segmentation.
• Plan network, control-system and platform lifecycle upgrades.
• Lead automation and digital-manufacturing elements of capital projects.
• Coordinate vendors, integrators, IT, Engineering, Maintenance and Operations.
• Maintain business-continuity and disaster-recovery plans.
• Develop standards, technical documentation and support models.
• Build automation and cybersecurity capability across plant teams.
• Track project benefits, reliability, cost and operational performance.
Required Qualifications
• Significant industrial-automation and controls experience in manufacturing.
• Strong OT cybersecurity and industrial control-network knowledge.
• Experience with PLC, SCADA, HMI, industrial networks and plant systems.
• Understanding of network segmentation, access control, vulnerability management, backup and recovery.
• Experience leading capital projects and technology roadmaps.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex plant technology problems.
• Ability to work onsite in Richmond and travel quarterly to Long Island.
• Current U.S. work authorization without sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
• Food, beverage or CPG manufacturing experience.
• Industry 4.0, IoT and digital-manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of recognized OT security frameworks and standards.
• Vendor-management, business-continuity and disaster-recovery experience.
Equal Opportunity
The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on any status protected by applicable law.