A. O. Smith
Job Description
Company / Location Information A.O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications. A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Primary Function The Senior Automation Engineer will work with Director of Global Manufacturing Engineering, Global Manufacturing Engineering team, Director of Digital Operations, and A.O. Smith facilities to provide process automation subject matter expertise (SME) and project management support for various strategic projects as business needs require. This position will focus on improving upon EH&S challenges, manufacturing and assembly process capabilities, cost & labor productivity goals, and 4M process standardization initiatives in a way that ensures compliance with process automation standards and alignment with digital operations strategy. 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,