# Sr. Automation Engineer

Location: On-Site at our facility in Hugoton, Kansas Why this role matters In your first year, you will establish and own the automation function at Flora Food Group’s new dairy manufacturing facility in Hugoton. Your work will ensure smooth, reliable production of processed milk, creamers, and cream cheeses by delivering robust automation systems and resolving faults quickly. This role is critical to building a foundation for operational excellence and innovation in dairy processing, directly impacting the quality and consistency of the food we bring to kitchens. Your expertise will shape how automation supports our mission to create better food, every day. What you'll do Program, configure, and maintain PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems on the Rockwell Automation platform to keep production running efficiently. This is more than hands on- we need a strategic leader to own the end to end process. Lead automation capital projects from design through commissioning, coordinating with suppliers and global teams to deliver on time and on budget. Manage server virtualization and industrial network infrastructure to ensure system stability and security. Troubleshoot and resolve automation faul

- **Id**: 3042630
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/flora-food-group-sr-automation-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hugoton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-21T21:20:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T03:16:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 15
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4680
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Food & Beverages, Food Ingredients

## Company

- **Id**: 673228
- **Name**: Flora Food Group
- **Domain**: florafoodgroup.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/florafoodgroup>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 88
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 90000
- **Max usd**: 170000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 6333

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 15

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-21T23:14:07Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 43
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.569
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 14
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

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