Salary
💰 $100,000 - $150,000 per year
About the role
- Automation Projects: Lead the planning, design, and implementation of automation projects to enhance production efficiency, reduce costs, and improve product quality
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, maintenance, IT, and R&D, to ensure seamless integration of automation solutions
- Evaluate and select automation technologies; facilitate purchasing off-the-shelf or guide vendors in their design and build of equipment
- Be hands-on with equipment for the purpose of running tests to understand technology capabilities and reduce project risk
- Process Optimization: Analyze existing manufacturing processes to identify opportunities for improvements; also facilitate the implementation of these process improvements, with or without new hardware
- Model current state and multiple options for future state processes using value stream mapping
- Conduct time and motion studies, data analysis, and process simulations to support various initiatives
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives when appropriate to directly generate savings and prepare the business for capital investments
- General: Conduct cost-benefit analyses for proposed automation projects, including ROI calculations, to support investment decisions in alignment with Marmon 5-year payback guidelines
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and other team members on best practices
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in automation, attend trade shows and industry events as appropriate; share knowledge & insights with the team as applicable
Requirements
- 5-15 years of experience in operations, process engineering, LEAN, automation, and/or similar roles
- Comfortable in ambiguous situations where requirements may be unclear
- Comfortable setting your own agenda to accomplish goals when needed
- Comfortable working in factory environments
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Knowledge of LEAN principles
- Ability to travel domestically 30-60% of the time
- MUST be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Preferred degree areas: mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, automation engineering, project management, and operations