Advanced Manufacturing Automation (AMA) Lead

Adient plc; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient plc in Warren, MI seeks an Advanced Manufacturing Automation (AMA) Lead to define and enforce plant automation standards, review designs, and drive automation capital projects. You will coordinate IT/OT, operations, maintenance, quality, and safety to deliver production-ready systems.

You will monitor performance using OEE, MTBF, and launch metrics, ensure adherence to safety and documentation requirements, and lead continuous improvement across the plant by proliferating proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing automation, controls or systems integration.
• Experience leading automation capital projects of $500k+ in scope.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, OEE, risk assessment, and launch processes.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical layouts, control narratives, network drawings, safety docs, and supplier proposals.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and enforce plant automation standards, design specs, controls architecture, and documentation requirements.
• Review and approve automation concepts, detailed designs, software architectures, safety solutions, modifications, and production launches.
• Lead automation capital planning and execution, including ROI analysis, scope development, vendor selection, schedule and budget control.
• Coordinate stakeholders across IT/OT, maintenance, operations, quality, and safety to deliver compliant systems.
• Establish launch-readiness criteria and verify equipment meets safety, quality, and reliability criteria before production release.
• Monitor automation performance using OEE, MTBF, downtime, throughput, quality, and launch metrics; drive corrective actions.
• Own automation lifecycle governance from concept to sustainment, ensuring stability before transfer to operations.
• Drive root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, standardization, and replication of proven automation solutions.
• Maintain awareness of emerging automation technologies and recommend practical applications to improve safety and productivity.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

OEE improvement

Structured problem-solving

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Electrical schematics interpretation

Automation capital projects

Vendor management

Systems integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, mechatronics, controls, or related engineering

Job description

## Advanced Manufacturing Automation (AMA) LeadApply: Warren, MI: Full time: Posted Today: R-29520**JOB DESCRIPTION**## **Responsibilities*** Define, maintain, and enforce plant automation standards, design specifications, controls architecture, documentation requirements, and risk-mitigation protocols.* Review and approve automation concepts, detailed designs, software architectures, safety solutions, modifications, and production launches.* Lead automation capital planning and execution, including business cases, ROI analysis, scope development, vendor selection, technical bid evaluation, schedule and budget control, installation, commissioning, and final acceptance.* Coordinate internal stakeholders, equipment suppliers, system integrators, maintenance, operations, IT/OT, quality, and safety teams to deliver compliant and production-ready systems.* Establish launch-readiness criteria and verify that equipment meets safety, quality, cycle-time, reliability, maintainability, documentation, training, and spare-parts requirements before release to production.* Monitor automated-cell performance using OEE, mean time between failures, downtime, throughput, quality, and 30/60/90-day launch-stability metrics; lead corrective actions and escalation for significant performance events.* Own automation lifecycle governance from concept through sustainment, ensuring systems are not transferred to operations until defined stability criteria are achieved and no unsupported or “orphaned” systems remain.* Drive root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, standardization, and replication of proven automation solutions across the plant.* Maintain awareness of emerging automation technologies and recommend practical applications that improve safety, quality, productivity, flexibility, or cost.## **Qualifications*** Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, mechatronics, controls, or a related engineering discipline.* Seven or more years of progressive experience in manufacturing automation, controls engineering, systems integration, or advanced manufacturing engineering.* Demonstrated experience leading automation capital projects valued at $500,000 or more, including technical scope, supplier management, schedule, budget, commissioning, and acceptance.* Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, OEE improvement, structured problem-solving, risk assessment, and equipment-launch processes.* Ability to interpret electrical schematics, mechanical layouts, control narratives, network drawings, safety documentation, and supplier technical proposals.* Strong leadership, decision-making, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to establish technical direction and hold stakeholders accountable to standards.