Hybrid Senior Automation Engineer

at Marmon Holdings, Inc.

• Job title: Senior Automation Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $112,000 - $168,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Automation Engineer leading automation strategies for a growing Transportation business. Collaborating across multiple locations to optimize factory processes and drive improvements.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in preferred areas: - 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.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401k matching
• and more!