Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer; Decatur, GA

Overview

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at

Be Approachable, Be Mindful of solutions, Be Energetic with your customers – Be A.M.E.!

We’re seeking talented and enthusiastic Advanced Manufacturing Engineer with experience improving process integrity. The Advanced Manufacturing Engineering position is a pivotal position with the priority of successfully evaluating new and existing processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability, and develop best practices within processes throughout the supply chain. We invite you to apply and join our winning team and light the way to a brilliant, productive and connected world!

• Design and implement new equipment, mechatronic solutions, and business solutions to improve manufacturing methods for maximum efficiency and quality.

• Research and review industry trends and emerging technology advancements by attending trade shows, reading various trade publications, and working with vendors.

• Work with product and engineering teams in the development of new products to ensure they are designed for manufacturability, service, and meet corporate cost and quality objectives.

• Project engineering/management, including creating and maintaining project logbooks, design reviews, progress control, pre/final acceptance with suppliers and internal departments.

• Lead complex projects that cut across various organizational, functional, and international boundaries.

• Develop formal business cases for new investment projects and present solutions to executive leadership.

• Establish and maintain project schedules/ timelines to meet planned milestones and supplier timing.

• Develop and control project budgets and spending to ensure all projects are completed under the approved budget.

• Responsible for developing and reviewing machine capacity models and providing recommendations/solutions for capacity shortfalls.

• Provide Capability analysis (Cp/Cpk) & GR&R support for new and existing processes.

• Lead and participate in Kaizen events to improve ABL processes.

• Train operations teams on new machines and manufacturing processes.

• Responsible for directing and overseeing projects in collaboration with internal and external project resources.

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

• Strong appetite to innovate and lead with speed & accuracy.

• Design and implement new Industry 4.0 initiatives around Process Digitization such as:

• Cobotics/ Robotics (Labor Assist to Prevent / Remove unsafe, repetitive, un-productive tasks)

• Additive Manufacturing (3D) and Digital Warehouse – Simulation Engineering (Digital Twin Modeling)

• Cloud based computing / Smart Cell Design / A.I. capabilities

• Augmented Reality / Wearables applications

• Predictive Analytics (decreasing downtime, increasing throughput, and overall reducing costs)

• Democratizing Data (connecting operations to gain accessibility to disparate data sources)

• ESG initiatives (Environmental, Social, Governance related projects)

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering and/or…