Senior Electrical & Automation Engineer (Finance)
THE BUSINESS
This position is intended to convey to the new, independent company, to be named Solstice Advanced Materials when the separation occurs. This is expected to occur in late 2025 or early 2026.
At Advanced Materials, we are committed to offering the highest value-add specialty solutions in the advanced materials sector. Our goal is to solve our customers' most complex challenges through a robust and innovative product portfolio and by doing so, deliver exceptional value to our stakeholders. We have identified actionable strategies to grow by expanding into new products and markets and through strategic acquisitions, while keeping our top operating margins.
Joining our team means becoming part of an organization which leverages its long-standing reputation to capture growth trends by investing in innovation and manufacturing enhancements and maintaining deep customer relationships.
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that values contributions and supports professional development. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, the team is dedicated to delivering value and making a meaningful impact in advancing our customers' success. Let's make that impact together.
Honeywell Advanced Materials is an industry-leading solutions provider, playing a crucial role in advancing industries worldwide through diverse applications, revolutionary inventions, and pioneering technologies focused on high-growth mega-trends. Our science and technology experts create solutions that help solve our customers' needs today and in the future. Our solutions span across industries, including retail, healthcare and pharma, buildings, manufacturing, and hi-tech. In each of these verticals, we bring deep materials and engineering knowledge, which leads to our customers achieving a reduction in energy consumption, cutting down their carbon emissions, and improving their operational efficiencies. Are you ready to make an impact in shaping our engineering team into a world-leading organization? The Integrated Supply Chain engineering organization designs and enables our factories to drive world-class operational performance to deliver products that delight our customers. This is a high-visibility position in a winning team!
THE POSITION
This Senior Electrical & Automation Engineering role will be part of our (project) engineering team and be responsible for driving the critical automation projects in our Advanced Materials films manufacturing business. This leader will drive manufacturing process improvements, controls optimization, and technology upgrades to advance key automation and digitization projects. The Senior Automation Engineer will work with operations and maintenance teams; and other stakeholders to define best automation practices, set standards, and ensure successful project execution aligned to our strategic transformation priorities.
Travel 0% - 10% of the timeAs a Lead Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at Honeywell, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and expertise in driving advanced manufacturing strategies and initiatives, optimizing manufacturing processes, and achieving operational excellence to enhance productivity and drive innovation in our manufacturing operations.YOU MUST HAVE
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field, or Associates with at least 3yrs experience
- 5+ years with implementing Automated solutions
WE VALUE
- Advanced degree in Engineering or other related technical field
- Proven leadership managing complex engineering projects
- Proven ability to effectively communicate highly technical concepts to non-technical people
- Willingness to learn new technologies
- Implementation of Automated solutions/systems experience
- Eagerness to get involved in hands on work on the production floor
- Experience with hardware and software design and development on Automation projects
- Proficient project management skills
- Experience working with customer to develop project goals and basis for design
- Experience preparing specifications and standards.
- Experience with equipment selection and procurement.
- Experience creating bid packages and evaluating proposals, contract awarding.
- Experience preparing detailed installation plans (drawings, schedules, BOMs, work lists)
- Experience managing sitework during installation and commissioning project phases.
- Experience applying Cause Identification/FMEA
- Six Sigma / DFSS understanding with Greenbelt certification a plus
- Lean Manufacturing skills
- Serve as a site automation leader to benchmark and evaluate available technologies for deployment in hybrid discrete and continuous chemical processes (pharma films manufacturing)
- Engage with vendors and technology suppliers to evaluate and select technology applicable to industrial manufacturing processes
- Support existing and design and implement innovative solutions for industrial operations that may include:
- Industrial networking - Ethernet, IP, switches, wiring methods
- Data Historians / OE Dashboards (NWA)
- Industrial PC's - hardware, operating systems, peripherals.
- HMI's - Intouch, FactoryTalk View
- PLC's - Rockwell Logix family, GE Series 90 and GE RXi
- Motor Control - full voltage, VFDs (Power Flex, Parker)
- Machine Vision - continuous web inspection / defect inspection
- Nuclear Gauging and Control
- Safety Systems - Safety PLCs, Relays, Scanners, Light Curtains, Mats
- Instrumentation - Pressure, Flow, Temperature, Level, Weight, Speed
- Electrical Power - distribution, protective devices, power supplies, 480v,120v,24v
- Define test methodology and test coverage to assure manufacturing reliability
- Identify and validate risks and work with team to mitigate them.
- Assures processes are optimized (waste eliminated) prior to automating
- Leads Automation viability analysis review meetings, and confirm project is viable financially and technically
- Develop business case, application, and theory of operations and prepare justification for senior management
- Assure Automation process adherence by participating in Automation Projects phase gate meetings
- Mentor, coach, and share knowledge with less experienced engineers, technicians and maintenance electricians
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments - powered by our Honeywell Forge software - that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
