Highlights
This role works closely with production, maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to optimize manufacturing processes through automation technologies, controls systems, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining automated manufacturing systems to improve productivity, quality, safety, and operational efficiency.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bollingbrook, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $83,000–$94,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 1970 |
| Website | https://www.sparksgroupinc.com |
Description
Job Summary/Company: Our client is hiring for an experienced Automation Engineer to work fully onsite at their Bolingbrook facility. The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining automated manufacturing systems to improve productivity, quality, safety, and operational efficiency. This role works closely with production, maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to optimize manufacturing processes through automation technologies, controls systems, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications/Background Profile:
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement automation solutions for manufacturing processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance product quality.
- Lead automation projects from concept through implementation, validation, and startup.
- Program, configure, and troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and industrial networks.
Qualifications/Background Profile:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related field.
- Experience with PLC programming (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron or similar platforms).
- Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and control systems.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment
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This job is In-Person.
Pay Range: Salary $83,000.00 to $94,000.00
We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.
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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
About Company
Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.
Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.
Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.