Senior Automation Project Manager

A. O. Smith Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Medical and dental insurance

Tuition assistance

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Nashville, TN seeks a qualified candidate for the role involving process automation project management. The successful applicant will lead multi-site teams, develop project charters, and ensure compliance with automation standards. The ideal candidate has at least 7 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, excellent leadership skills, and knowledge of process automation technologies. A competitive compensation package, including benefits, is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong process automation project management skills.
• Ability to prioritize based on business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-site, cross-functional teams to resolve challenges.
• Develop project charters and plans with clear scopes and timelines.
• Facilitate daily project team activities and communication.

Skills

Process automation project management

Leadership and coaching

Influencing without authority

Strong communication

Knowledge of process automation technologies

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field

Tools

RPA tools (UiPath, Blue Prism)

PLC/SCADA systems

Job description

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and lead multi-site, cross-functional teams establishing relationships, understanding and resolving business unit and site-specific challenges, and work with local plant experts (LPE) to assess existing manufacturing processes for automation opportunities, identify proposed solution concepts, and implement scalable & sustainable solutions
• Facilitate multi-site, multi-functional collaborative efforts in generating proposed solution concepts, ensuring compliance with automation process standardization policies, digital operations strategy, and alignment between need, technology & application
• Develop and facilitate project team charter(s) and project plan(s) providing clarity of project scope, assumptions, cost estimates, resource requirements, key milestones & support activities
• Coordinate project team activities, daily huddles, communication protocols, Andon, knowledge gap & risk management, team dynamic alignment, project timeline & key milestone compliance ensuring timely status updates, issue escalation and overall project deliverables are completed on time and are of high quality
• Provide process automation SME oversight in developing process automation standards, ensuring documentation and training are in place, and providing process automation engineering support for various process improvement initiatives, monitoring key performance metrics and implementing corrective actions to achieve performance targets
• Perform other activities as needed or as directed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’ Degree in engineering or a related field from a 4-year college or university (manufacturing, mechanical, process automation preferred). Professional Project Management (PMP) certification is also preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, with strong process automation project management skills and proven ability to influence without authority in meeting defined goals, objectives & deadlines working with manufacturing, product engineering & supply chain work environments
• Knowledge of process automation technologies (eg, RPA tools like UiPath, Blue Prism, or industrial automation platforms such as PLC/SCADA systems), robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
• Highly motivated, self-starter who can prioritize based on overall business goals and objectives
• Strong leadership & coaching skills and able to plan, develop, and execute tactical and strategic manufacturing initiatives, and must carry out duties with utmost integrity
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate multi-site, cross-functional collaborative efforts, and build relationships that promote cooperation and consensus between project team members
• Must be able to travel (upwards of 50% as business needs require)

We Offer

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.