Automation & Controls Engineering Manager

Join a high-volume manufacturing operation where automation, innovation, and technology are at the center of operational excellence. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping and executing automation strategy, driving digital transformation, and elevating plant performance through advanced engineering solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Define and execute the automation and controls roadmap aligned with long-term business and operational goals
• Identify, evaluate, and deploy advanced technologies (IIoT, robotics, machine learning) to drive scalability and performance
• Build and present capital plans, business cases, and technology strategies to senior leadership

Drive Automation & Systems Integration

• Lead the design, standardization, and deployment of automation systems across production lines
• Ensure seamless integration, system reliability, and cybersecurity across automation platforms
• Champion modernization initiatives and large-scale transformation efforts

Deliver Operational Impact

• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, IT, and Maintenance to solve complex manufacturing challenges
• Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and commissioning of new systems
• Drive improvements in uptime, throughput, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) through data-driven solutions

Lead & Develop Talent

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing automation and controls engineering team
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex automation and controls challenges

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Controls, Automation, or related field)
• 8+ years of experience in automation/controls engineering within high-volume manufacturing environments
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing engineering teams
• Strong expertise in PLCs, HMI/SCADA systems, industrial networks, and controls architecture
• Experience implementing advanced manufacturing technologies (IIoT, robotics, data/AI-driven systems)
• Demonstrated success leading capital projects and large-scale automation initiatives
• Strong business acumen with the ability to build and present ROI-driven capital plans
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills
• Hands-on problem solver with both strategic vision and execution capability

Why This Role

• High visibility with direct impact on plant performance and long-term strategy
• Opportunity to lead automation transformation at scale
• Strong compensation + relocation support
• Growth-oriented environment with investment in technology and innovation

If you meet the above qualifications and would like to apply for this position, you may email your up-to-date, professional CV/resume to Tim Dameron @

Perfect placements. Speedy staffing. Tenacious testing. Who’s Adecco, we hear you ask? Only the top provider of first-class HR solutions. Our consultants work with some of the best, and most exciting, companies all over the world. We equip our clients with priceless industry insight and put everything we’ve got into training and mentoring our candidates.

We’re here to match talented people with the job opportunities and employers they’re looking for. On any given day we connect over 700,000 people with fulfilling opportunities that make the most of their skills now and enable them to develop new expertise for the future.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records