# Technical Manager – Project, PLC Automation & Controls

Technical Manager - Project, Automation & Controls Hood Container Packaging Solutions | Rural Hall, NC Why You'll Love This Role Do you like seeing your controls work on the production floor? At Hood Container Packaging Solutions in Rural Hall, you'll own the automation that keeps our lines running, from the design review through installation and commissioning to ramp-up. You'll work closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and equipment vendors. Your work will directly affect how fast and how reliably we get product out the door. What You'll Do Support, program, and troubleshoot automated equipment and controls systems. Lead assigned project tasks, track progress against published schedules, and update Operations and Engineering leadership on status. Take part in equipment design reviews, FAT, installation, commissioning, IQ/OQ/PQ, and production ramp-up. You'll work alongside vendors and colleagues to make sure each launch is sustainable. Partner with Process and Quality Engineering to run protocols and collect validation data for investigations, corrective actions, and improvements. Analyze line running conditions and recommend actions to meet production ramp goals. Update

- **Id**: 3774586
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hood-container-technical-manager-project-plc-automation-controls>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Rural Hall, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T22:47:44Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:35:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2890
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Design & Creative, Packaging & Labeling, Packaging Design

## Company

- **Id**: 3868248
- **Name**: Hood Container
- **Domain**: hoodcontainer.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hoodcontainer>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **CAPA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T22:47:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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