Senior Warehouse Automation & Engineering Lead

TFT Global Inc.; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

AD&D

Accident Coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Mileage Reimbursement

Vacation Days

10 Paid Holidays

Job summary

TFT Global Inc. is seeking an experienced Automation Project Manager to drive modern warehouse automation initiatives across North America. You will lead end-to-end projects, from concept through commissioning, and partner with operations, IT/OT, quality, and maintenance teams.

The role requires hands-on delivery in automotive parts environments, a strong ROI mindset, and willingness to travel to customer sites and warehouses to ensure solutions meet safety and throughput targets.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required with focus on automation.
• Experience transforming manual warehouse operations through automation.
• Hands-on automation project delivery in warehouses or distribution environments.
• Willingness to travel to sites.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new and emerging warehouse automation technologies and determine practical applications for manual operations.
• Lead end-to-end automation projects from concept and business case development through design, installation, commissioning, and handover.
• Design automation solutions suitable for automotive parts environments, including mixed SKUs and high inventory accuracy requirements.
• Support just-in-time (JIT) and just-in-sequence (JIS) logistics models.
• Improve dock-to-stock time, pick accuracy, order cycle time, and line-side delivery performance.
• Work closely with warehouse operations, IT/OT, quality, and maintenance teams to ensure automation solutions are adopted and sustained.
• Develop SOPs, training materials, and maintenance documentation for newly automated systems.

Skills

Automation project leadership

ROI modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related)

Tools

PLCs

WCS

WMS integration

AS/RS

AMRs/AGVs

Job description

TFT Global Inc. is seeking an experienced Automation Project Manager to drive modern warehouse automation initiatives across North America. You will lead end-to-end projects, from concept through commissioning, and partner with operations, IT/OT, quality, and maintenance teams.

The role requires hands-on delivery in automotive parts environments, a strong ROI mindset, and willingness to travel to customer sites and warehouses to ensure solutions meet safety and throughput targets.