Plant Automation Engineer: Lead Safe, Efficient Manufacturing

Adient plc

Murfreesboro (TN)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Adient plc in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is seeking an Automation Engineer to provide plant-level strategic and technical leadership for automated manufacturing systems. You will own automation standards, design governance, capital execution, launch readiness, performance improvement, and lifecycle management.

As the approval authority for new systems and significant modifications, you will ensure automation solutions are safe, standardized, maintainable, financially justified, and capable of

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.

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 launch-stability metrics; lead corrective actions for significant performance events.
Own automation lifecycle governance from concept through sustainment, ensuring systems are ready before transfer to operations.
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.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Lean manufacturing

OEE improvement

Education

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

PMP / Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred

Tools

RSLogix 5000

Studio 5000

FactoryTalk View

FANUC programming

Keyence CV-X

Cognex In-Sight

VisionPro

EtherNet/IP

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Excel

Power BI

Job description

As the approval authority for new systems and significant modifications, you will ensure automation solutions are safe, standardized, maintainable, financially justified, and capable of

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