Manufacturing Automation Engineer

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.