Manufacturing Automation Engineer
Found in: Appcast Linkedin GBL C2 - 2 weeks ago
Shaw Industries is looking for a Robotics Automation Engineer / Automation Engineer III to oversee the development, implementation, and support of plant-wide automation processes. This position has responsibilities for designing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining programmable logic control (PLC) based systems across the site.
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and is a global leader in delivering carpet, hardwood, tile & stone, laminate, synthetic turf, and other specialty products to residential and commercial markets worldwide. We are committed to creating a better future for our customers, our people, our company, and our communities.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for a team of Automation Engineers and Automation Technicians, providing daily, weekly, and monthly guidance, setting goals and objectives to ensure project milestones are met.
- Grow and leverage relationships with Department Managers, Technical Engineers, and other key partners to ensure buy-in, understanding and ownership of automation solutions at the plant level.
- Work with vendors and plant maintenance to ensure all automation equipment has appropriate spare parts, and a robust PM / Maintenance plan.
- Responsible for managing capital projects, driving TPM initiatives and cost improvements, investigating off-quality situations, monitoring, and analyzing departmental performance through reports, feedback, and observations.
- Utilize Lean/Six Sigma tools to improve production processes to ensure product and quality goals for the site are met.
- Contributes to process improvement efforts by carrying out medium to large tasks under limited supervision.
- Study processing parameters to improve process performance.
- Monitor and debug new methods and procedures to ensure system efficiency.
- Communicate with downstream processing departments about any processing problems encountered.
- Investigate process issues using problem-solving techniques to get at the root cause of challenging and complex issues both internally and externally.
- Initiate and execute actions that ensure departmental Safety, Quality, Productivity, Waste & Cost objectives are achieved and maintained.
- Provide technical assistance to the Department Manager, Team Managers, Reliability Technicians, Associates, and Internal Customers.
- Lead and manage Intern(s), OMT(s), and Process Technician(s) as needed.
- Understand and Support all SAFE, SMS, TPM, Lean Six Sigma & Environmental Efforts within the department. Assist in developing and implementing plans to improve these areas where performance is under goal.
- Ability to travel as required.
Required Competencies:
- Coach and Develop Others
- Demonstrate Inclusive Leadership
- Drive Innovation
- Drive Results
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (Engineering preferred) or 7+ years in a Manufacturing Automation Leadership role.
- Previous experience in Manufacturing strongly preferred.
- Must possess good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
- The nature of this role can involve off shift, weekend and holiday work as needed.
Shaw benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Health savings account
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
- 401K and Retirement Plans
- Product discounts for employees
- Adoption assistance
- Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations)
- And much more.