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This role drives continuous improvement through advanced automation, process optimization, and emerging technologies that improve safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).\nWorking closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and IT, the engineer supports the development of scalable, secure, and cost-effective manufacturing solutions while supporting IT/OT convergence and smart manufacturing initiatives. The role serves as a technology leader, advancing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and other Industry 4.0 capabilities that prepare the facility for future growth and operational excellence.\n Support the evaluation, design, implementation, and optimization of automated manufacturing systems, equipment upgrades, and emerging technologies that improve safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and OEE.\n\nTroubleshoot and resolve equipment, production, quality, and process issues using root cause analysis and continuous improvement methods.\n\nCollaborate with Product Engineering, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, IT, suppliers, and system integrators to develop manufacturing solutions that meet business, regulatory, and customer requirements.\n\nDefine equipment specifications, evaluate suppliers and proposals, and support design reviews, procurement support, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning, startup, and stabilization activities.\n\nConfigure, integrate, and support PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, motion control, industrial communication, and manufacturing data systems.\n\nSupport industrial cybersecurity and IT/OT convergence initiatives, including secure network architecture, remote access, account management, backup and recovery, network segmentation, patch management, virtualization, historians, cloud connectivity, and enterprise integration.\n\nChampion digital transformation by evaluating and implementing IIoT, artificial intelligence, machine vision, advanced analytics, and other smart manufacturing technologies that deliver measurable operational value.\n\nProvide technical leadership, mentorship, and project execution support while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.\n\nDevelops and leverages cross-industry and enterprise-wide relationships to identify, evaluate, and implement emerging technologies that drive innovation, operational excellence, and future business capabilities.\n\n REQUIRED\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 5 - 7 years of industrial automation experience; 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Gives and receives constructive feedback\n\nAbility to communicate effectively and professionally with employees, contractors, management, and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.\n\nEnsures that others involved in a project or effort are consistently kept informed about developments and plans.\n\nWorking Conditions\nPrimarily indoors during the day and occasionally at night. \nFrequently working on or near moving equipment and vibrating equipment. \nWhen outdoors, humidity is frequently above 90%\nNoise is over 85 decibels.\nLight is intense/glare. \nOccasional exposure to open fire/flames/sparks. \nFrequent exposure to airborne dust, fumes, and gases.\nBenefits Statement\nWe offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. 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