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The primary focus of this role will be on Howmet Engines North American Structural Casting manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe. The primary objectives of this role include supporting the plants to ensure that reliability plans are in place sustainable capital projects are progressing on time and within budget and to partner with an automation firm and the manufacturing plants to develop opportunities to supplement current plant capacity and lead the implementation of these initiatives quickly and effectively across all locations.\nFocus areas include:\nProject Planning and Management:Initiate and oversee automation projects from concept through deployment.\nDevelop detailed project plans including engineering deliverables, timelines, resources, BOM lists, budgets.\nGenerate and present reports on project progress, performance, and outcomes\n\nTechnical Oversight:Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.\nProvide technical guidance and expertise to the automation team and plant facilities management.\nSupport the review and approve technical designs, code, and configurations as needed.\n\nTool and Technology Selection:Evaluate and select appropriate automation partners, tools and technologies.\nStay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies.\n\nSystem Design and Implementation:Partner with a third party and the plants to design and implement automation solutions to meet business needs.\nEnsure solutions are scalable, reliable, and maintainable\n\nFacilitation of communication and alignment Create connections between the manufacturing locations; act as conduit between location-based automation professionals.\nCollaborate with plant-level professionals (maintenance, production, continuous improvement, and engineering) on problem solving activities, cost reduction initiatives and the performance efficiency improvement of manufacturing equipment reliability plans, guiding them towards leading solutions in automation.\n\nMajor Activities and Key Challenges Include:\nImprove current asset utilization and implement supplemental capacity solutions via automation to address known capacity constraints across the plant level VSMs.\nAbility to identify, clearly communicate and resolve production and equipment issues as part of a team.\nParticipate in the development of long-range process and facilities planning, capital expenditure projects and automation programs aimed at capacity expansion to meet customer demand.\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution\nMinimum 10 years of electrical/automation experience \nMinimum 5 years of electrical/automation experience in a manufacturing environment\nMinimum 3 years project management experience related to automation/electrical overhaul of manufacturing equipment (aged equipment, modernization, product tracking systems) \nAt least 25% travel will be required for this role\nEmployees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. 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