Manufacturing Technology Leader

Responsibilities

• PI Historian Deployment and Management (Cedar Rapids & Dothan sites)
  • Ensure full compliance of PI Historian systems with corporate standards.
  • Promote and implement new features to enhance operational performance.
  • Deploy and maintain standardized PI functionalities across both sites.
  • Provide training and onboarding support to new users of PI Historian.
• Act as the key point of contact for Industry 4.0 initiatives in North America.
• Report progress and results of local initiatives to corporate stakeholders.
• Represent the North America region in corporate Industry 4.0 meetings.
• Manufacturing Technology Program – 4.0 Program Leadership
  • Collaborate with Operations and Lean Manufacturing teams to identify, pilot, and implement new technological developments that enhance industrial performance.
  • Coordinate initiatives related to Manufacturing Technology (E , MES, OEE, others Manufacturing Applications).
  • Lead selected projects, from scoping through deployment.
  • Support OT/IT interface activities, ensuring seamless integration between shop-floor systems and corporate IT platforms.
  • Other duties as assigned
    • Contribute actively as a member of the Process & Innovation (P&I) team, including participation in department meetings, preparation of reports, and involvement in cross-functional initiatives.
    • Support additional activities or projects as assigned.
• Provide project management, analytical skills and expertise.
• Report on the progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success.
• Prepare technical documentation, develop specifications, and monitor the progress of projects.
• Ensure relevant on-going learning and development of employees in term of Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with the EHS and Quality policies.

• Bachelor’s degree required, MS degree preferred, with an emphasis in Manufacturing and/or Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Industrial Environnement
• Experience on PI Historian Osisoft software is mandatory
• Experience in developing and deploying industrial digital applications (dashboards, OEE, MES, E , scheduling tools, etc.) is mandatory.
• Experience in Manufacturing Technology is required 4.0/Digital technologies including experience in automation, robotics/cobotics, digitalization, control systems, data acquisition and supervision, industrial plant monitoring network.
• Proven track record in leading digital manufacturing projects within an industrial environment is required preferably in Food/Pharma/Chemical industries.
• Basics concept of processes in Food/Pharma /Chemical industries
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing would be a plus.
• Experience managing multiple contractors to support projects.
• A background in industrial automation systems (e.g., Rockwell, Siemens) would be an additional asset.

Limited U.S. business travel (5 - 10% of working time).

• Open minded
  • Show curiosity and openness
    • Listen actively to different ideas and points of view
    • Adopt a positive attitude to change
    • Show empathy (put him/herself in others’ shoes)
    • Open to diversity
    • Accept and ask for feedback
  • Act as an innovation – change agent
    • Come up with creative ideas to improve situations (processes, systems, services, products…)
    • Experiment different and new ways of working
    • Challenge the status quo with a mindset of continuous improvement
    • Innovate while remaining constantly attentive to customers’ needs
    • Learn from failures and treat them as Learning, Growing, and Improving moments
• Accountable
  • Show proactivity
    • Implement necessary actions and changes without delay
    • Take ownership
    • Come up with solutions instead of problems
  • Concentrate on priorities
    • Differentiate between essential and trivial matters
    • Accept support from others, ask for it when needed, escalate when required
    • Concentrate on his/her direct perimeter
    • Consider team and group priorities in decision
• Achiever
  • • • Strive for results and performance
      • Focus on deliverables/expected results
      • Back up statements with facts and figures
      • Do what has been committed to
      • Go the extra mile
      • Deliver results while…