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A. O. Smith Corporation · 1 day ago

Senior Automation Project Manager

Nashville, TN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

A. O. Smith Corporation is a leading manufacturer in the industry, and they are seeking a Senior Automation Project Manager to lead multi-site, cross-functional teams in identifying and implementing automation opportunities. The role involves developing project plans, coordinating team activities, and providing oversight on process automation standards to ensure high-quality project deliverables.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate and lead multi-site, cross-functional teams establishing relationships, understanding and resolving business unit and site-specific challenges, and work with local plant experts (LPE) to assess existing manufacturing processes for automation opportunities, identify proposed solution concepts, and implement scalable & sustainable solutions

Facilitate multi-site, multi-functional collaborative efforts in generating proposed solution concepts, ensuring compliance with automation process standardization policies, digital operations strategy, and alignment between need, technology & application

Develop and facilitate project team charter(s) and project plan(s) providing clarity of project scope, assumptions, cost estimates, resource requirements, key milestones & support activities

Coordinate project team activities, daily huddles, communication protocols, Andon, knowledge gap & risk management, team dynamic alignment, project timeline & key milestone compliance ensuring timely status updates, issue escalation and overall project deliverables are completed on time and are of high quality

Provide process automation SME oversight in developing process automation standards, ensuring documentation and training are in place, and providing process automation engineering support for various process improvement initiatives, monitoring key performance metrics and implementing corrective actions to achieve performance targets

Perform other activities as needed or as directed

Qualification

Process Automation Project ManagementProcess Automation TechnologiesProject Management Professional (PMP)RoboticsMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceCoaching SkillsLeadership SkillsCollaboration SkillsSelf-starter

Required

Bachelor' Degree in engineering or a related field from a 4-year college or university (manufacturing, mechanical, process automation preferred)

Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, with strong process automation project management skills and proven ability to influence without authority in meeting defined goals, objectives & deadlines working with manufacturing, product engineering & supply chain work environments

Knowledge of process automation technologies (eg, RPA tools like UiPath, Blue Prism, or industrial automation platforms such as PLC/SCADA systems), robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

Highly motivated, self-starter who can prioritize based on overall business goals and objectives

Strong leadership & coaching skills and able to plan, develop, and execute tactical and strategic manufacturing initiatives, and must carry out duties with utmost integrity

Demonstrated ability to facilitate multi-site, cross-functional collaborative efforts, and build relationships that promote cooperation and consensus between project team members

Must be able to travel (upwards of 50% as business needs require)