Automation Engineer: Lead Smart Manufacturing & Process Automation

Wickeder Group │ Engineered Materials Solutions; Attleboro (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wickeder Group │ Engineered Materials Solutions seeks an Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated systems for our manufacturing operations. Focus areas include improving production efficiency, data-driven decision making, and high-quality output in a collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes integrating automation with ERP/MES, supporting PLCs and vision systems, and applying Lean and 6S principles to reduce waste and ensure safe, productive processes on the

Qualifications

• Experience with automation and controls in manufacturing environments.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics, and equipment manuals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and support manufacturing automation and process-control solutions.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual, repetitive, or non-value-added processes.
• Support PLCs, HMIs, sensors, robotics, vision systems, and other automated equipment.
• Integrate manufacturing equipment with ERP, MES, data collection, and other production systems.
• Troubleshoot system, equipment, and process issues and implement corrective actions.
• Support equipment startups, commissioning, upgrades, and modifications.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, equipment standards, and operating procedures.
• Analyze manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, throughput, efficiency, and cost.
• Use Lean Manufacturing, 6S, standard work, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methodologies.
• Identify and eliminate waste, bottlenecks, downtime, and process variation.
• Develop and implement process improvements using data and manufacturing metrics.
• Establish process capability, cycle-time standards, and performance requirements.
• Support capital projects and equipment improvement initiatives.

Skills

PLCs

HMIs

Robotics

Machine Vision

Sensors

Industrial Controls

MES/ERP/SCADA

SQL

Power BI

Python

Lean Six Sigma

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Industrial Networking

Project Mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

SCADA

Job description

Wickeder Group │ Engineered Materials Solutions seeks an Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated systems for our manufacturing operations. Focus areas include improving production efficiency, data-driven decision making, and high-quality output in a collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes integrating automation with ERP/MES, supporting PLCs and vision systems, and applying Lean and 6S principles to reduce waste and ensure safe, productive processes on the