Automation & OT Security Transformation Lead

Northwest Talent Solutions LLC; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northwest Talent Solutions LLC is seeking a Site Security Automation Cluster Lead in Richmond, VA, onsite with quarterly travel to Long Island, NY. The role leads automation modernization, OT cybersecurity, and digital transformation across a cluster of facilities, shaping roadmaps, budgets, and capital deployments.

You will drive cross-functional teams, manage complex automation programs, and ensure security standards are embedded in plant environments while delivering measurable benefits and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation/Controls Engineering, or related field.
• 7–10+ years of experience in manufacturing automation or OT.
• Strong knowledge of industrial automation and control systems.
• Experience with OT/industrial cybersecurity and digital manufacturing transformation.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute site and cluster roadmaps for automation modernization and digital manufacturing transformation.
• Lead cross-functional teams in the design, deployment, adoption, and optimization of automation and digital solutions.
• Provide leadership for automation and control systems across a cluster of manufacturing facilities.
• Drive OT/industrial cybersecurity practices and ensure plant automation environments align with enterprise security standards.
• Lead automation components of capital projects, including planning, execution, budget management, implementation, and benefit realization.
• Develop strategies for migrating obsolete automation hardware and software to modern, supported platforms.
• Support integration of automation technologies associated with new production lines and equipment.
• Develop and manage budgets for automation support, maintenance, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and lifecycle modernization.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex automation, controls infrastructure, and cybersecurity issues.
• Lead business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning for critical manufacturing automation systems.
• Partner with plant engineering, maintenance, technology, supply-chain, cybersecurity, and enterprise stakeholders.
• Advance Industry 4.0 capabilities, including greater connectivity, visibility, predictive capability, and adaptability across manufacturing operations.
• Build automation and cybersecurity capability across the plant cluster.

Skills

Industrial automation

OT cybersecurity

Project management

Stakeholder influence

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronic Engineering or related field

Tools

PLC/SCADA systems

Job description

Northwest Talent Solutions LLC is seeking a Site Security Automation Cluster Lead in Richmond, VA, onsite with quarterly travel to Long Island, NY. The role leads automation modernization, OT cybersecurity, and digital transformation across a cluster of facilities, shaping roadmaps, budgets, and capital deployments.

You will drive cross-functional teams, manage complex automation programs, and ensure security standards are embedded in plant environments while delivering measurable benefits and