Job Description

Summary

About Celestica Celestica enables the world's best brands. Through our unrivaled customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, capital equipment, and smart energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. A leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. With talented teams across North America, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Overview

As part of the Celestica Global Automation team, you are a seasoned Engineer that identifies assembly optimization opportunities and conceptualizes conversion of manual processes and steps to optimized automated solutions. As an Engineer, you bring hands on experience in machinery design concepts, robotic, PLC and vision programming, safety and global standards. With this knowledge you are comfortable working in a team environment to create the requirements and specifications in order to build world-class equipment.

As part of the Celestica Global Automation team, you are a seasoned Engineer that identifies assembly optimization opportunities and conceptualizes conversion of manual processes and steps to optimized automated solutions. As an Sr Engineer, you bring hands on experience in machinery design concepts, robotic, PLC and vision programming, safety and global standards. With this knowledge you are comfortable working in a team environment to create the requirements and specifications in order to build world-class equipment.

In this role, you will report to the Sr Mgr of Eng/Prgm Mgmt. This position is a hybrid role, based in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Detailed Description

• Create automation solutions that meet Celestica’s universal and site specific automation goals.
• Provide technical guidance in the definition of flexible and scalable automation solutions.
• Develop tools and methods to facilitate automation efforts.
• Interface with customers and internal and external design teams to provide site specific automation needs.

Primary Duties:

• Analyze all aspects of manufacturing process and determine need for automation.
• Prepare Request For Proposal/Quote for automation and support all phases of the Project Life Cycle.
• Responsible for the training of regional and site engineering resources in automation.
• Support continuous improvement of existing automation systems.
• Support customer automation needs at NPI and Product transfer.
• Coordinate design of subsystems and integration of total automation system for specific processes.
• Be an automation advisor to regional engineering teams and customers.
• Collaborate with various automation experts to deliver innovative automation solutions to customers.
• Accountable for project management and on time, on budget project execution including leadership of;
• Communication with all project stakeholders during the entire project from concept to feasibility and from fabrication and test to production.
• Creation of documents for project phases: Charter, SOW, test plans, buy-off, acceptance and project closure.
• Regular project timeline and financial tracking and reporting
• Change management, Risk Management and communication
• Driving decisions and solving problems

Travel

• Expectation of travel to vendor/site locations is 25-30%. However, may be exceeded in critical times throughout project lifecycle.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

MUST HAVE:

• Able to analyze and determine the automation requirement and drive deliverables to commitment through global network of vendors and internal resources
• Work requires professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Adhere to all Health and Safety regulations and procedures
• Ability to work in a team environment and actively participate in group meetings safely
• Strong communicator.
• Experience with integrating 3rd party automation solutions.
• Able to work in a fast-changing dynamic environments
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management Experience; basic understanding of PMBOK
• Knowledge of Financial Terms and Calculations (ROI, Payback, etc.)

NICE TO HAVE:

• Knowledge of some of the following automation systems and tools are important to be successful - robotic, vision inspection, material handling, ASRS, Conveyors, PLC, SCADA, screws/fasteners, HMI, Pick-Place-Pack, Inspection/Test
• Experience in Automated Turn Key Solutions; Previously involved in Design, Manufacturing, Installation, Start-Up & Commissioning Stages of the Project
• Experience troubleshooting PLC/Robots/HMI
• Knowledge of drafting principles using AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks
• Experience with analytical software such as Minitab
• Knowledge of Layout, Tooling/Fixturing, Demand Flow, Cell Concept and Lean Manufacturing and Simulation tools

Typical Experience

• Minimum 5 years of automation experience in manufacturing industry, preferably in assembly processes.
• Minimum 5 years project management experience in manufacturing industry using tools such as; project and resource planning in MS Project and/or smartsheet.

Typical Education

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering / Robotics/ Mechatronics or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• PMP project management certification preferred.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

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