Engineering Automation Engineer

10117 Princess Palm Ave, Tampa, FL 33610, USA

Posted Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• In 2025, for the 4th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in strategy, execution, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for an Automation Engineer based out of our Tampa HQ location. We’re currently looking for 8:00am- 5:00pm, Monday
- Friday.

What you’ll do:

As Coke Florida’s Automation Engineer, you will lead the strategy, design and execution of automation initiatives across Coke Florida’s manufacturing and distribution network. This role owns the full lifecycle of automation solutions, which includes concept and business case development through implementation, integration and performance stabilization.

This position drives scalable, standardized automation platforms aligns to the network strategy ensuring solutions deliver on safety, performance and ROI. The Automation Engineer will partner cross-functionally with finance, distribution, planning and manufacturing to help influence others, guide multiple projects while establishing governance, best practices and long-term automation decisions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-site automation initiatives, including planning, design, cost estimation, execution and performance ramp-up
• Develop, validate and champion business cases (ROI, payback, cost-benefit, etc.) to support future company investments
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize automation investments aligning to network strategy, productivity and capital efficiency goals.
• Establish and manage standardized testing, commissioning, and maintenance protocols across Coke Florida facilities
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for automation systems, material handling, and warehouse technologies
• Lead integration of automation platforms with enterprise systems such as Coca-Cola North America (CONA), manufacturing systems and related technologies
• Provide technical oversight for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Advanced Process Control (APC) environments to optimize performance and reliability
• Standardize automation designs, specifications and best practices to enable scalable deployments across the network
• Lead identification and mitigation of risks associated with automation systems, such as machine guarding, material handling hazards and elevated work environments
• Lead systems integrators, contractors and external partners deliver high-quality automation solutions
• Drive alignment and decision making across complex, multi-site initiatives

Education and

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or related field)
• 6+ years’ experience in automation, controls engineering, or material handling systems in a manufacturing or distribution environment
• Proven experience managing capital projects from concept through commissioning
• Strong knowledge of PLCs (preferably Allen Bradley), SCADA and warehouse management systems
• Proven track record of delivering capital automation (or similar) projects ($1M-$20M) from concept through commissioning and stabilization
• Knowledge of Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) and automated material handling systems (conveyance, robotics, etc.)
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