Strategic Staffing Solutions International‘s customer is a leading manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing technologies, serving more than 100,000 customers worldwide.
As their Dole PLC team grows, they are looking for an Automation Project Lead to oversee and implement automation development projects from the ground up, including PLC programming and project completion. You will play a key role in developing new processes and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency, product quality, and cost performance, including maintenance cost reduction and standardization.
What you will do:
- Define, realize, and implement programming for Programmable Logic Controllers, vision control systems, robots, and other devices.
- Manage the automation scope of industrialization projects: identify technical solutions and materials, prepare cost estimates, define specifications, and follow up on implementation and validation.
- Lead cross-functional automation project teams: internal and external resources.
- Take full ownership of industrialization projects where automation and/or industrial IT are the main focus.
- Ensure project delivery against QCD objectives (Quality, Cost, Delivery) and operational milestones.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimization, standardization, and performance tracking.
- Participate in technological watch and validation of new automation technologies to support R&D and manufacturing evolution.
What you will need:
- Degree in Automation, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent.
- Strong experience in industrial automation, industrial vision systems.
- Fluent in French (English is a plus).
- Proficient with office tools; familiarity with automotive quality standards and ERP systems is advantageous.
- Strong communication, project management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- A taste for fieldwork and field experience.
- Robotics and industrial IT (PLC, SCADA, MES) are a plus.
- Knowledge of micromechanics, measurement systems, and statistical tools is a plus.