Senior Automation Engineer

The Marmon Group LLC

Come join a team where People make the difference! As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

Senior Automation Engineer Job Description

Seeking manufacturing or hardware automation - this is not a software automation role.*

The Senior Automation Engineer will serve the Transportation Products Group. This person will lead and execute best-in-class strategies in automation for a fast-growing Transportation business with approximately 30 companies and over 5,000 employees.

This is an individual contributor role, but will assume the captain role of team, providing mentorship and coaching team members.

The ideal candidate will be located near one of our locations in the Transportation group, based in : Chicago, Detroit, Wooster OH, Murphysboro IL, Weyers Cave VA, Charleston SC, North Carolina (Charlotte, Goldsboro, Laurinburg, Cary, Statesville), others around USA.

Key Duties & Responsibilities :

• Lead three or more simultaneous projects.
• Flexible short-term business trips as well as longer term implementations.
• Use skills in process and LEAN to build project scopes so automation technology can improve factory processes and optimize KPIs.
• Map existing factory processes, educate businesses on bottlenecks, propose and implement future states which align with business growth and investment goals.
• Own responsibility for technical project leadership.
• Be the project technical expert.
• Lead junior engineers for technical problem solving as needed.
• Use engineering skill and subject matter experts to deliver automation solutions.
• Spearhead technology research to deliver state-of-the-art processes and designs.
• Work across multiple facilities with separate stakeholder teams and processes.
• Work with project managers to set and manage goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Communicate project status to management.
• Build payback models and assist in writing capital requests.
• Use existing Marmon automation implementation process to guide your workflow.
• Update and improve Marmon processes as you learn.
• Mentor and guide others as required. Leadership opportunities available if desired.
• Attend trade shows and vendor visits to become a rounded industry expert on current state of the art technologies and implementation strategies.
• Teach and mentor businesses to continue executing projects.

Qualifications :

Bachelor’s Degree in preferred areas :

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• Mechanical engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Automation engineering
• Project Management / Operations
• 5+ years of work experience in Operations, Process engineering, LEAN, Automation, and similar.
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations where requirements may be unclear.
• Comfortable in factory environments.
• Shop Floor experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Knowledge of LEAN principles.
• 50% travel (domestic).
• Leadership skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class.

If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to careers@marmon.

com, and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

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