Senior Automation Engineer

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USA_IL_Sauget_3000 Mississippi Avenue Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description
The Marmon Group LLC

Come join a team where People make the difference!  As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

What We Seek

This is the top engineering role at the business unit level. Responsible for evaluating requirements and directing engineering activities associated with product design, development, and modification. Recommends and supervises expansion and modernization of manufacturing facilities.

What You Will Do

Lead three or more simultaneous projects. 

Use skills in process and LEAN to build project scopes so automation technology can improve factory processes and optimize KPI’s

Map existing factory processes, educate businesses on bottlenecks, propose and implement future states which align with business growth and investment goals

Own responsibility for technical project leadership

Be the project technical expert

Lead junior engineers for technical problem solving as needed

Use engineering skill and subject matter experts to deliver automation solutions

Spearhead technology research to deliver state-of-the-art processes and designs

Work across multiple facilities with separate stakeholder teams and processes.

Work with project managers to set and manage goals, deliverables, and timelines

Communicate project status to management

Build payback models and assist in writing capital requests

Use existing Marmon automation implementation process to guide your workflow

Update and improve Marmon processes as you learn

Mentor and guide others as required. Leadership opportunities available if desired.

Attend trade shows and vendor visits to become a rounded industry expert on current state of the art technologies and implementation strategies

Teach and mentor businesses to continue executing projects

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to careers@marmon.com, and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

About this role

Summary

Lead engineering projects, optimize factory processes, and mentor junior engineers.

Job title

Senior Automation Engineer

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

manufacturing

Location requirements

Located in Sauget, IL; remote work not allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

processLEANproject managementautomationtechnical leadership

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

automationLEANproject managementmanufacturingtechnical leadership
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sauget, IL, USA

On-site City