Automation Manager — 24/7 Manufacturing Excellence

Morgan McKinley

Dublin

On-site

EUR 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

8 hours ago
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Job summary

Morgan McKinley is seeking an Automation Manager for a large-scale, highly automated medical device manufacturing environment in Ireland. You will own automation engineering activities across the site, drive reliability, and lead critical improvement initiatives to support 24/7 production.

Responsibilities include leading projects from concept to commissioning, providing technical direction, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet manufacturing objectives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Software/Manufacturing engineering or related technical discipline.
  • Significant experience in automation engineering within a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong expertise in Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC programming and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead site-wide automation engineering projects from concept through procurement, implementation, commissioning and acceptance.
  • Own the automation strategy to improve performance, reliability, productivity and efficiency.
  • Provide technical leadership and develop engineering technicians and staff.
  • Oversee troubleshooting of complex automation and equipment software issues with root-cause analysis.
  • Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma and structured project management.
  • Manage relationships with external automation suppliers and partners to ensure project delivery meets requirements.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Validation, Development and Quality teams to support objectives.

Skills

Automation engineering
PLC programming
Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation
Emerson motion control
SCADA/HMI

Job description

Morgan McKinley is seeking an Automation Manager for a large-scale, highly automated medical device manufacturing environment in Ireland. You will own automation engineering activities across the site, drive reliability, and lead critical improvement initiatives to support 24/7 production.

Responsibilities include leading projects from concept to commissioning, providing technical direction, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet manufacturing objectives.

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