Manufacturing Automation Engineer
Avery Dennison · Mentor, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Travel
- 25%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 23 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Avery Dennison (packaging) in Mentor, OH. In this remote-based role, you will act as a Senior-Level Specialist , serving as a recognized expert and best-practice resource for automation within and outside your discipline.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Robotics, Automation, Painting / coating, AutoCAD
- Day to day
- about 25% travel
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How this role compares
Against 19 other live controls postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Typical $110k–$148k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 75%
- ✓ Automation 75%
- ✓ Robotics 60%
- ✓ Team leadership 45%
- ✓ Lean 30%
- ✓ AutoCAD 25%
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This plant: Avery Dennison in Mentor
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- Process Engineer · Process
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Full description from Avery DennisonAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Strategic Vision: Develop and execute a five-year strategic automation roadmap to outline long-term investment opportunities.
- ◆Technical Leadership: Define the technical scope for MG-NA automation projects, including AGVs, robotics, and cobots.
- ◆Project Management: Lead and coordinate complex, long-term engineering projects from inception to completion within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
- ◆Collaboration & Coaching: Act as a technical mentor, providing guidance and coaching to site-level technical teams on automation solutions.
- ◆Global Benchmarking: Partner with international regions to benchmark and transfer best-in-class Avery Dennison automation solutions worldwide.
- ◆Expert Consultation: Represent the organization as the prime technical contact on major contracts and projects, interacting with senior external personnel and internal leadership.
- ◆Core Competencies: Demonstrate Self-Leadership by displaying agility in changing circumstances, championing collaboration across functional teams, and delivering high-quality results despite obstacles.
To be successful in this Senior Specialist role, you must possess in-depth knowledge and experience in your specialty.
- ◆Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related scientific field is required. Master's degree is preferred
- ◆Experience: Minimum of 10 + years of engineering experience in controls/automation including capital projects. 7+ years of exp will be considered for those with Master's+ engineering degrees.
- ◆Technical Expertise: Strong background in industrial electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems; must be able to complete difficult technical assignments without immediate supervision.
- ◆Systems & Design: Proficiency in AutoCAD to develop and update complex drawings (P&IDs, PFDs). Experience with MS Project or Smartsheet for project tracking.
- ◆Methodology: Working knowledge of Six Sigma and ELS (Avery Dennison's Enterprise Lean Sigma) principles preferred.
- ◆Operations Knowledge: Experience with high-volume manufacturing processes and capital equipment purchasing.
- ◆Communication: Strong verbal and written skills; ability to interface effectively with cross-functional groups to define and execute requirements.
- ◆Travel: Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, both domestic and international, based on business needs.
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Avery Dennison is seeking a Divisional Manufacturing Automation Engineer to join our North America Materials Group (MG-NA). In this remote-based role, you will act as a Senior-Level Specialist , serving as a recognized expert and best-practice resource for automation within and outside your discipline. You will lead and shape the vision for automation across our expansive manufacturing network, including major sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Georgia , and finishing centers nationwide.
As a key member of the MG-NA Process Technology team reporting to the Technical Director, you will provide imaginative and practicable technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Your mission is to identify and implement automation opportunities across receiving, storage, material handling, coating, finishing, and shipping.