Site Security Automation Cluster Lead

Site Security Automation Cluster Lead

Location: Richmond, Virginia
Work Model: Onsite | Monday–Friday
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $140,000–$160,000 base
Relocation Assistance: Available
Travel: Quarterly travel to Long Island, NY

Northwest Talent Solutions (NWTS) has been retained to identify a Site Security Automation Cluster Lead for a highly respected global manufacturing organization with a significant U.S. footprint.

This is a high-impact opportunity for an accomplished automation and controls leader who understands that the modern manufacturing environment sits at the intersection of automation, operational technology (OT), cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, capital engineering, and digital transformation
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The organization is making meaningful investments in the modernization, security, connectivity, and resilience of its manufacturing operations. This leader will help shape and execute that agenda across a cluster of plants.

As the Site Security Automation Cluster Lead, you will own critical aspects of the automation and control-system environment across multiple manufacturing sites.

You will develop automation and digital manufacturing roadmaps, lead modernization initiatives, strengthen OT cybersecurity, support capital deployments, improve system reliability, and help ensure manufacturing technologies remain secure, resilient, and positioned for the future.

This is not simply a maintenance or controls-engineering position. We are looking for someone capable of leading transformation while remaining technically credible enough to understand the systems being transformed.

• Develop and execute site and cluster roadmaps for automation modernization and digital manufacturing transformation
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• Lead cross-functional teams in the design, deployment, adoption, and optimization of automation and digital solutions.
• Provide leadership for automation and control systems across a cluster of manufacturing facilities.
• Drive OT/industrial cybersecurity practices and ensure plant automation environments align with enterprise security standards.
• Lead automation components of capital projects, including planning, execution, budget management, implementation, and benefit realization.
• Develop strategies for migrating obsolete automation hardware and software to modern, supported platforms.
• Support integration of automation technologies associated with new production lines and equipment.
• Develop and manage budgets for automation support, maintenance, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and lifecycle modernization.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex automation, controls infrastructure, and cybersecurity issues.
• Lead business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning for critical manufacturing automation systems.
• Partner with plant engineering, maintenance, technology, supply-chain, cybersecurity, and enterprise stakeholders.
• Advance Industry 4.0 capabilities, including greater connectivity, visibility, predictive capability, and adaptability across manufacturing operations.
• Build automation and cybersecurity capability across the plant cluster.

The strongest candidates will bring 7–10+ years of relevant experience within manufacturing automation, controls engineering, operational technology, or a closely related discipline, along with:

• Strong knowledge of industrial automation and control systems
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• Experience with in complex, highly automated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of OT/industrial cy;bersecurity
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• Experience with IoT, Industry 4.0, connected manufacturing, or digital manufacturing transformation
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• Automation project engineering and capital-project experience.
• Experience developing automation modernization and technology lifecycle roadmaps.
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