Industrial Automation Engineer

Are you ready to accelerate your career with a best-in-class organization that values innovation, dedication, and growth? Our employees at Grede are the key to our success and share our passion for teamwork, customer service, and operational excellence. If you want to join an industry-leading company that focuses on your professional growth and development, we’d love to hear from you!

The Industrial Automation Engineer will propose, evaluate, and oversee equipment used in the casting processing and automation initiatives. Lead projects through Quoting, Planning, Implementation and Start up Processes.

What You'll Do:

• Exhibit superior safety practices every day evidenced by outstanding housekeeping at all times.
• Extend treatment to all other associates of the Company as individuals with the courtesy and dignity shown to customers.
• Exceed customer quality and service expectations through attention to detail.
• Exercise maximum care to protect the environment by fostering and supporting responsible operating procedures.
• Work with maintenance and production to design and implement automated production processes. This would include Robotic, PLC and other controls.
• Plan, analyze, design, specify, prepare estimates and gather other required information for casting processing and automation projects in accordance with accepted engineering principles and practices.
• Work with corporate and local IT personnel to link all present and future PLC driven equipment to the ethernet for production tracking.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, operations and other technical people to mutually resolve problems involving casting processing and automation systems.
• Work with maintenance staff to continually improve machine and process efficiencies.
• Assist robotic automation technicians in setting up new cells and creating new programs.
• Revise and streamline all PLC programs, eliminating nuisance alarms and conditions and improving overall functionality.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts throughout the plant.
• Experience setting up standard work, maintenance PM’s, work instructions. robotics standards in programming would be a plus.
• Ability to organize, direct and motivate people.
• Analyze foundry processes by tracing process steps, identifying component parts and equipment, determining control capabilities and capacities and recording settings.
• Ability to plan out projects by coordinating steps of the project, effectively communicating project timelines with the appropriate teams and work effectively with maintenance and operations.
• Hands on completion of PMs with necessary support from maintenance personnel, as needed.
• Ensure equipment calibration and PMs are performed on schedule and accurate records/repairs are recorded to establish statistical data which can be used for trouble shooting and effective predictive maintenance.

Why You’ll Love Working for Us:

• Competitive wages
• 401(k) with company match
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Company paid Short Term Disability

What We Need from You:

• Two-year related degree and five years’ experience.

Grede is proud to support transitioning service members and current military veterans with career opportunities that are a match for their skills gained while serving our country. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

Spanish speaking candidates are encouraged to apply. Se anima a los candidatos que hablan español a aplicar.

We recognize the value of second chances. All individuals seeking stable employment as a step in their journey are encouraged to apply.

To learn more about Grede, please visit our website at www.grede.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.