What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation Engineering Manager position at Exide Technologies?

Overview

Stryten Energy is hiring an Automation Engineering Manager to lead our Automation Engineering team. Your expertise will help guide us and drive our increasing automation needs across our manufacturing portfolio in North America. The role is highly visible and impacts all our current operations including recycling, plastics manufacturing, and all transportation and industrial battery manufacturing. The automation team will be responsible for improving three key areas : process capability, asset utilization, and process safety. This will enable us to achieve material savings, scrap reduction, labor reduction, increased manufacturing capacity, and improvements to operator safety. You will help us drive to be leaders in automation in our industry. You will thrive on this kind of responsibility and take pride knowing the impact you'll have in this position.

We have 11 manufacturing facilities located in the United States from the Midwest to the east coast. Your presence must be felt in all the facilities as you guide the automation team. Reporting to the Process Engineering Director, you are the leader of our effort in automation, and your impact will be felt across the organization.

Read below for the formal responsibilities. But apply to learn more about our new projects for the upcoming year where you'll play a key role in our manufacturing plants and other key initiatives.

Responsibilities

Utilize and coach your team to use six sigma and lean methodologies to drive improvements to our product key attributes
Drive adoption of advanced process control methodologies (PID controllers, Feedforward, ratio controllers, cascade, etc.)
Drive Improvements and the automation of process measurement methodologies
Develop universal process level UDTs that enable SCADA solutions and integrate MES to improve our manufacturing efficiency and help drive strategic process improvements
Understand the processes at our facilities and the roles of people
Grow knowledge of the facility team and improve documentation
Ability to handle lead, and lead acid batteries
Ability to foster strong relationship with members of the operations team and vendors
Able to work at all levels across the organization
Ability to grow your personal knowledge and technical ability
Assist as we develop strategy around IOT and Industry 4.0
Ability to design custom control panels for small projects across locations usingAutoCADElectrical and create complete drawing packages
Experience building control panels from scratch from schematics
Deep understanding of machine troubleshooting methods and controls modifications

Qualifications

BS Or Greater in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering

3-5 years managing a team of 4 or more engineers

3-5 years of direct experience in process or manufacturing engineering, with a track record of driving operational excellence

Proven experience with any of the following PLCs : Allen Bradley, Modicon, GE Fanuc, Siemens, AutomationDirect, Mitsubishi, Omron, Aromat, or Toshiba but Allen Bradly is preferred

Experience in HMI and / or Operator Interface programming and configuration of any of the following software packages Ignition, Wonderware, Rockwell, Intellution, Factory Talk, GE Cimplicity, Ci-Tech, Iconics, Siemens, or US Data is a requirement for this role, and Ignition is preferred

Strong computer skills, including knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SQL, and Python

Six sigma certification is a strong plus, and should you be selected for the role without this certification, Stryten will sponsor and pay for your training / certification

About the work environment :

An understanding of FEA techniques and computational optimization

You will work in both office and manufacturing environments. Battery manufacturing employs chemicals, heat and heavy equipment, and as such you will at times be exposed to lead, fumes, noise, dirt, hazards, and chemicals, and in all cases will be provided with appropriate PPE

You must be able to see, hear and speak; able to sit, stand for at least two hours at a time, sit, bend, crawl, squat, kneel and climb able to use both arms and hands to use a computer and peripherals and lift 40 pounds from floor level, able to work below ground level in confined spaces and on stationary or mobile elevated platforms, able to wear respirator and other personal protective equipment (PPE) as required, able to climb stairs

This position requires extensive travel, with more than 75% of your time expected to be spent at manufacturing facilities

EEO Statement

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About Statement

Stryten Energy helps solve the world's most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world's most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more atstryten.com.

Job Locations GA-Alpharetta

Requisition ID 2025-4893

Category Engineering

Position Type Regular Fulltime

Address 5925 Cabot Parkway

Postal Code 30005

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