Electrical & PLC Engineer
Sealed AirReading, Pennsylvania, United States • Pennsylvania, United States
Posted May 8, 2026
102600 - 176755 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient.
Job Description
The Electrical & PLC Engineer is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing electrical control systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that support the continuous paper mill operations at Sealed Air's Reading, PA and Modena, PA sites.
Requirements
- Design, program, troubleshoot, and maintain PLC systems (e.g., Rockwell Automation)
- Support and improve Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI)
- Diagnosing and resolving electrical and automation issues in production equipment
- Develop and modify control logic, ladder diagrams, and function block programming
- Lead and support capital projects, including system upgrades, installations, and commissioning
- Work closely with operations and maintenance teams to reduce downtime and improve reliability
- Perform root cause analysis on equipment failures and implement corrective actions
- Ensure compliance with electrical codes, safety standards (NFPA, OSHA), and mill policies
- Maintain accurate documentation of control systems, wiring diagrams, and software backups
- Support predictive and preventive maintenance programs
Benefits
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
