Knauf Insulation North America is the world's fastest-growing insulation manufacturer. We are wholly committed to the conservation of the environment while also sustainably developing and manufacturing a comprehensive line of acoustical fiberglass insulation for residential, commercial, industrial, marine, OEM and metal building applications, using post-consumer recycled materials.

We welcome passionate and creative individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial, collaborative and ever-changing environment. Watch our values video to learn more about what we do, our commitment to sustainability and our company values and culture.

We know how important your health, wellbeing, and financial strength is to you. To support you, we provide affordable benefits for you and your family members.

"Supporting all aspects of the individual — self, health, wealth and community”

Our benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision – starting on day one!
• Virtual Medical Services
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (earn 100% matching on your first 6% and fully vested day one)
• Paid parental leave
• Company paid life insurance
• Vacation time to enjoy getting away
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Plus, more!

Growth opportunities available! 

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Summary of Position: 

Join our dynamic team as an Automation Engineer and be at the forefront of innovation, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize our manufacturing network. In this exciting role, you'll collaborate with passionate professionals, applying your expertise in automation engineering and project delivery to lead the design and implementation of automated solutions for capital projects. If you're driven by challenge and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact and push the boundaries of what's possible in manufacturing automation.

Safety

• Work safely and continually look for improvements in personnel and equipment safety
• Ensure safe design and operation of new equipment
• Ensure automation design reflects safety and ergonomic concerns for operations and maintenance

Automation Design

• Partner with colleagues to lead the discipline through solution assessment, replication, and development
• Provide support to manufacturing during project profiling and design
• Exploring and implementing new ways to automate systems
• Designing and testing automation equipment and processes
• Eliminating defects and errors with product and software development
• Analysis of operations, workflows, and packaging process to provide solutions to maximize efficiency and reduce waste

Project Engineering

• Ensure project design meets intended requirements, considers life cycle cost, and eliminates non-value add complexity
• Use replication and best practices to optimize project cost
• Work with other engineering team members and disciplines to deliver turnkey project implementation to the plants

Education: 

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar engineering or technology field

Experience:

• Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of experience as an Automation Engineer or Similar
• Factory storeroom experience in a manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to travel 30% of the time
• Proficiency in maintaining automation equipment
• Experience with robotics, AI and machine learning
• Experience with project management
• Solid understanding of computer programming and software development
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment and perform complex system tests
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Creative thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to communicate well with other members of the engineering team
• Ability to keep up with the latest technologies
• A desire to continually upgrade technical knowledge
• Ability to manage contract resources and projects to deliver a common set of objectives

It is the policy of Knauf Insulation to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic prohibited by applicable law.