**Job Description Summary**
The Lead Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automation systems that improve manufacturing efficiency, productivity, quality, and equipment reliability. This role leads automation initiatives across production environments in the Airfoil shop, works closely with safety, operations, maintenance, and quality teams, and provides technical leadership to ensure automation solutions align with business goals, industry standards, and plant safety requirements.

**Job Description**

+ Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of automation systems used in manufacturing operations.
+ Develop and maintain automated control systems, including PLC, HMI, SCADA, robotics, and machine vision solutions where applicable.
+ Collaborate with production, maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
+ Troubleshoot automation equ...