Global Automation Project Engineer

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🐊 Florida, Texas – Remote

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CHEP

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10,000+ employees

🚘 Automotive

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📣 Marketing

Automotive • Food & Beverage • Marketing

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain management, offering pallet and container pooling solutions. The company provides high-quality wooden and plastic pallets for industries, automobile supply chains, and retail environments. With a focus on sustainability, CHEP operates a circular economy model, reusing and recycling containers to minimize waste and reduce carbon footprints. They maintain a vast network of service centers and facilitate efficient, sustainable logistics for some of the world's largest companies, leveraging their extensive reach to enhance supply chain efficiency and collaboration worldwide.

📋 Description

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of innovative automation capabilities supporting the Service Centre of the Future • Develop and manage large-scale capital engineering projects for automation, IoT, and continuous improvement solutions • Collaborate with Operations, Health & Safety, Finance, Quality, Global Automation, Regional Engineering, and external suppliers or partners • Prepare Capex documents including cost estimates, project justifications, equipment layouts, project details, and technical specifications • Manage equipment installation, commissioning, development, and GATC test schedules • Supervise contractors or partners and ensure safety, environmental, and legislative compliance • Drive continuous improvement using AI, robotics, digital twin models, and other advanced technologies • Advance automation technologies from concept through proof-of-concept, pilot, and deployment readiness • Deliver projects on schedule, within budget, and according to technical, quality, and safety requirements • Maintain financial control, forecast expenditures, and manage capital project budgets • Develop training programs and operational documentation including as-built drawings, manuals, and spare parts lists • Establish collaboration, knowledge transfer, technology adoption, and training with global stakeholders • Champion Zero Harm and environmental standards

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline • 5+ years of experience in automation, manufacturing engineering, robotics, controls engineering, or technology development • Experience with Industry 4.0 technologies, Industrial IoT, AI/ML applications, digital twins, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), or smart factory initiatives • Demonstrated experience leading complex engineering or automation projects from concept through implementation • Experience evaluating, developing, and integrating emerging technologies within a manufacturing or service operations environment • Knowledge of industrial automation systems, including robotics, machine vision, PLCs, motion control, and automated material handling technologies • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and stakeholder expectations • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex development challenges • Spanish, French, and/or German languages desirable • Design for Six Sigma Black Belt desirable • Project Management Professional (PMP) desirable

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Pay + Annual Bonus • Benefits Day 1 • 401K w/ company match (up to 4%) • FREE company-paid vision, short-term disability, and life insurance • Employee Stock Match Program • Tuition reimbursement • Parental leave • Childcare assistance • Profit sharing • Fully Remote • Hybrid Work Model