Director of Industrial Engineering and Automation
Trisearch · Perth Amboy, NJ
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
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A director-level controls role at Trisearch (industrial) in Perth Amboy, NJ.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Robotics, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in New Jersey: typical posted base $111k–$150k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 6 controls engineer openings in New Jersey, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New Jersey plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 786 other live controls postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$141k, from 262 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 73%
- PLC 68%
- ✓ Robotics 41%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 27%
- Root cause 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from TrisearchAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Develop and execute the long-term automation and robotics strategy and roadmap across the fulfillment network.
- ◆Lead the design, implementation, optimization, and scaling of automation solutions including ASRS, high-speed conveyance, AMRs/AGVs, automated storage, material handling, and packing systems.
- ◆Engineer automation solutions supporting both inbound and outbound product flows, improving throughput, capacity, space utilization, safety, and operating efficiency.
- ◆Lead automation projects from concept and technical evaluation through vendor selection, system integration, commissioning, and operational stabilization.
- ◆Partner with third-party automation vendors, equipment OEMs, and software providers, supporting RFPs, technical evaluations, contract negotiations, testing, and commissioning.
- ◆Establish performance, reliability, uptime, preventive maintenance, spare-parts, and lifecycle standards for automation and MHE assets.
- ◆Develop technical and financial assumptions supporting automation investments, including productivity improvements, capacity impact, capital requirements, implementation costs, reliability, and ROI/business-case development.
- ◆Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Technology/Product, Facilities, Finance, and other functional leaders to successfully integrate automation into existing operations.
- ◆Lead and develop technical engineering and maintenance resources responsible for automation performance and continuous improvement.
Preferred Experience
Experience within high-volume e-commerce, fulfillment, distribution, retail, or production environments involving complex or unique physical inventory is highly desirable. Experience supporting highly variable or single-unit inventory environments is a plus.
Why This Opportunity
This is an opportunity to have significant ownership over the next generation of automation and robotics within a sophisticated fulfillment network. Rather than simply maintaining existing systems, this leader will help determine where and how automation should be deployed, build the technical roadmap, evaluate emerging solutions, and lead transformational projects that directly impact capacity, productivity, reliability, and scalability.
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Director of Industrial Engineering and Automation
Director of Industrial Engineering and Automation
Location
Perth Amboy - NJ
Contact Name
Kristin Induisi
Contact Email
kinduisi@trisearch.com
Contact Phone
7205943007
Date Published
22-Sep-2026
Job Reference
3677135
Job Description
Director of Industrial Engineering & Automation
About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Director of Automation & Robotics to lead the strategy, engineering, implementation, and optimization of automation and robotics across a large-scale, high-volume fulfillment network.
This leader will be responsible for advancing the organization’s automation capabilities across both inbound and outbound operations, including automated material movement, storage, conveyance, packing, and specialized product-handling processes. The role will combine long-term automation strategy with hands-on technical leadership, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, financially sound, and successfully integrated into daily operations.
What We're Looking For
- •10+ years of experience leading automation, robotics, engineering, or related technical functions within complex fulfillment or production environments.
- •Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
- •Deep experience with automation technologies such as ASRS, high-speed conveyance, AMRs/AGVs, robotics, automated material handling, and related fulfillment technologies.
- •Demonstrated experience designing and implementing manual and automated workflows and material-flow solutions.
- •Proven ability to take major automation initiatives from design and vendor selection through implementation and commissioning.
- •Strong experience managing automation vendors, systems integrators, equipment OEMs, and other technical partners.
- •Experience evaluating automation investments from both a technical and financial/business-case perspective.
- •Strong understanding of equipment reliability, maintenance, uptime, and lifecycle management.
- •Ability to operate at both the strategic and technical level, developing a long-term vision while remaining close enough to execution to ensure solutions work operationally.
- •Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence Operations, Technology, Finance, engineering teams, vendors, and senior leadership.
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