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At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to: 

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact. 
• Develop lasting relationships with great people. 
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Automation PLC Engineer

Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary of engineering that focuses on how to manage complex engineering systems over their life cycles. Issues such as reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, evaluation measurements, and other disciplines that becomes more difficult when dealing with large or complex projects. Systems engineering deals with work-processes, optimization methods, and risk management tools in such projects. It overlaps technical and human-centered disciplines such as control engineering, industrial engineering, logistics engineering and project management. Systems engineering ensures that all likely aspects of a project or system are considered, and integrated into a whole. Direct responsibility for an automated storage and retrieval system, managing onsite system and performance. Includes ensuring product flow into and out of the ASRS. Ensuring shipping requirements are met.

Detailed Description

• Supports the development of Distribution, Logistics, & Warehouse process improvements in the plant, specific to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV), Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) and various other automated or integrated material handling solutions.
• Identifies Logistics process improvement opportunities through competitive analysis, and critical thinking.
• Supports and/or leads cross-functional strategic or process improvement projects.
• Develops business tools and solutions based on knowledge, product or technology.
• Develops reports and runs ad hoc queries.
• Identifies and develops business rules and standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
• Provides facility and capacity planning analysis for distribution and transportation functions in Logistics.
• Reviews and recommends system/software enhancements.
• Drives the continuous upgrade of production facilities and processes through cost-effective capital projects to meet changing distribution & manufacturing requirements to maintain our competitive advantage.
• Works closely with the Plant Leadership Team, Facility Managers, Supervisors, and other key managers to develop and implement initiatives to enhance productivity.
• Responsible for driving process improvements as new technology installations, current process enhancements, and cost control initiatives.
• Uses fundamental engineering concepts, practices, and procedures to analyze operational data/methods, identify performance improvement opportunities, and/or implement technology systems that meet business objectives.
• Logistics Systems engineering encourages the use of modeling and simulation to validate assumptions or theories on systems and the interactions within them.
• Use of methods that allow early detection of possible failures, in safety engineering, are integrated into the design process.
• Researches, analyzes, and effectively consolidates technical or engineering related information and presents for management review.
• Prepares with management guidance, accurate expenditure proposals and/or cost justification analysis.
• Formulates and presents document research, progress, and results to team members and internal customers.
• Applies project management fundamentals and concepts with management guidance.
• Interprets and analyzes the results of predictive and descriptive data mining models to assist in decision making.
• Develops production capacity models based on production information and forecasted sales.
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• 4 Years – Experience in Industry, advanced material handling solutions & information technologies along with 1-3 lifecycle implementations of engineered automation systems with varied complexities
• 2 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• experience may include a combination of work experience and education
• Preferred Qualifications:
• 6 Years– Experience in Industry, advanced material handling solutions & information technologies along with 3-5 lifecycle implementations of engineered automation systems with varied complexities 
• 4 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
• Makes safety the number one priority
• Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
• Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
• Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
• Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
• Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
• InnovACT
• Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
• Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
• Increases performance through greater efficiency
• Find a Way
• Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
• Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
• Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
• Empowered to be Great
• Consistently looks for ways to improve one’s self through growth and development opportunities
• Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
• Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education

• Minimum Required: 
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or Logistics Engineering or any related discipline of engineering, or the equivalent in combined education and considerable experience in similar field may be considered equivalent.
• Preferred: 
• Master's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or Logistics Engineering or any related discipline of advanced Engineering

Certification/License:

• Required: Auto CAD
• Preferred: Simulation Tools & Modeling 

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: Elementary Proficiency

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