Manager, Automation Engineering, Non-Sort Implementation

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart seeks an on-site Manager of Automation Engineering to lead complex automation and material handling projects from readiness through go-live. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, budget, and vendor performance while driving AI-enabled visibility and data-driven decisions on safety and efficiency.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and operational handoff to Reliability and Operations teams at the Bentonville campus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, construction, project management, supply chain or related field.
• Experience leading complex capital projects involving automation, material handling, and related systems.
• Experience managing vendors, schedules, budgets, risk registers, change control, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site execution of automation, material handling, conveyor, controls and rack installations from readiness to go-live.
• Maintain scope, schedule, budget and change control; identify variances early and plan recoveries.
• Manage vendors, system integrators, rack installers, contractors; ensure deliverables meet contracts and timelines.
• Identify and mitigate project risks; maintain risk register and action plans with owners.
• Leverage AI and digital tools to improve visibility, reporting, and data-driven decisions.

Skills

Ownership

Project management

Vendor management

Cross-functional communication

Technical problem solving

AI & data tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

AI project-management tools

Job description

Position Summary

The Manager, Automation Engineering is responsible for leading the on‑site execution of complex automation, material handling, and industrial racking projects from site readiness through installation, commissioning, go‑live, and operational handoff. This role serves as the primary on‑site project leader, ensuring projects are executed safely, to scope, on schedule, and within budget. The Project Manager will coordinate multiple vendors and cross‑functional partners, proactively manage risks and open issues, and drive timely resolution of constraints that could impact project commitments. The role will also leverage AI and digital tools to improve project visibility, identify emerging risks, streamline project management activities, and enable faster, data‑driven decision‑making.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Execution: Lead day‑to‑day site execution of automation, material handling, conveyor, controls, and industrial racking installations from site readiness through commissioning and operational handoff.
• Scope, Schedule & Budget: Maintain accountability for approved project scope, master schedule, milestones, financial commitments, and change control. Identify variances early and establish recovery plans when commitments are at risk.
• Vendor Management: Manage equipment suppliers, system integrators, rack installers, contractors, and other project partners. Establish clear deliverables, monitor performance, and hold vendors accountable to contractual, schedule, quality, and performance commitments.
• Risk Management: Own and actively manage the project risk register, identifying technical, schedule, cost, safety, resource, and operational risks. Establish mitigation plans, owners, and due dates and elevate material risks early.
• Open‑Issue Resolution: Maintain disciplined tracking of open issues, dependencies, decisions, and actions. Drive issues to closure, remove barriers, and coordinate cross‑functional support to maintain project momentum.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Operations, Reliability/Maintenance, Technology, Safety, Procurement, Finance, and external partners to coordinate execution, resolve issues, and ensure alignment to project commitments.
• Installation & Site Readiness: Coordinate site access, installation sequencing, equipment delivery and staging, utilities, construction interfaces, and other dependencies required for successful automation and industrial rack installation.
• Commissioning & Go‑Live: Lead coordination of testing, commissioning, punch‑list closure, performance validation, training, documentation, and operational readiness activities through successful go‑live.
• Change Management: Evaluate proposed scope and field changes for cost, schedule, technical, and operational impacts. Ensure changes are appropriately documented, reviewed, and approved before execution.
• AI & Digital Tools: Leverage approved AI and digital project‑management tools to improve schedule and cost analysis, risk identification, issue tracking, meeting and action summarization, document review, reporting, and identification of emerging project trends. Apply AI‑generated insights to proactively identify constraints and accelerate informed decision‑making while maintaining accountability for project outcomes.
• Project Governance: Provide clear, fact‑based reporting on overall project health, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, open issues, vendor performance, and operational readiness. Use AI and digital tools to improve reporting efficiency, identify trends, and enable earlier escalation and resolution.
• Operational Handoff: Ensure project deliverables, documentation, training, spare parts, punch‑list items, open issues, and system ownership are effectively transitioned to Operations and Reliability teams.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Experience leading complex capital projects involving automation, material handling systems, industrial racking/storage systems, conveyor and sortation equipment, controls, construction, fulfillment/distribution operations, or similar industrial environments is preferred. Candidates should demonstrate experience managing vendors and contractors, project schedules and budgets, risk registers, change control, commissioning, operational readiness, and complex cross‑functional projects.

Key Capabilities

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong ownership, bias for action, field leadership, project‑management discipline, vendor accountability, technical problem solving, and cross‑functional communication. The individual must be comfortable working through ambiguity, identifying risks before they become execution issues, and driving teams toward timely resolution. The candidate should also be comfortable leveraging AI, data, and digital tools to increase productivity, synthesize project information, identify trends and risks, and accelerate decision‑making. The role requires the ability to move between the details of daily field execution and the broader project commitments of safety, scope, schedule, budget, quality, and operational readiness.

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a highperforming team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members

Respect the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments

Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action

Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving

Act with Integrity: Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates takes action and encourages others to do the same holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values

Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent

Serve our Customers and Members Delivers expected business results while putting the customermember first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers

Serve our Customers and Members Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy

Strive for Excellence Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions fosters an environment that supports learning innovation and learning from mistakes and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks

Strive for Excellence Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance‑based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company‑paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart‑paid education benefit program for full‑time and part‑time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short‑form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field and 2 years’ experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area. Option 2: 4 years’ experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area.

Preferred Qualifications

Masters: Computer Engineering

Primary Location

805 Respect, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.