Automation Engineer (Additional Position)

Hanesbrands ROH Asia Ltd. (Khlong Toei)

Bangkok, Thailand

Hanesbrands Inc. is a leading marketer of everyday apparel essentials under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, JMS/Just My Size, barely there and Wonderbra. The company sells more than 2 billion T-shirts, socks, bras, panties, underwear, hosiery, fleece, casualwear and activewear products combined each year produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. Hanesbrands products are sold at the largest mass-merchandise, mid-tier, department-store and club-store retailers, as well as directly to consumers via catalogs, the Internet and more than 200 company-owned U.S. retail stores. Key Facts Net Sales (2009): $3.9 billion (No. 532 on Fortune 1,000) Employees worldwide: approximately 45,000 Headquarters: Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S. Facilities and offices in more than 25 countries Spun off as an independent company in September 2006 Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as “HBI” Fiscal Year: Calendar (ends last Saturday in December) Chief Executive Officer: Richard A. Noll Corporate Web site: www.hanesbrands.com Growth Strategies Sell more – Build our largest, strongest brands in core categories through innovation in key items Spend less – Leverage our size, scale and global reach to reduce cost, improve flexibility and provide superior service Generate cash – Generate and invest cash to provide superior returns for equity and debt investors Commercial Markets Hanesbrands products are sold in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, and the United States. International brands include Hanes, Champion, Wonderbra, Playtex, Stedman, Rinbros, Sol y Oro, Zorba, Kendall, Tensor and Ritmo. Production Operations Hanesbrands primarily produces its own products through company-owned production facilities. The company has built a low-cost global supply chain that has fabric production and sewing operations primarily centered in three geographic clusters: Asia – China, Thailand, Vietnam Central America – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras Caribbean Basin– Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

About this position

As a part of Regional Automation team, we are seeking a skilled & experienced Regional Automation Engineer. The ideal candidate will be continuously exploring & evaluating options / areas for automation in the plants in Asia region and execute the projects with plant engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Work with Plant Engineering teams to scope out projects to implement automation.
• Ensure that technical drawings, documentation & manuals are created for any equipment implemented to ensure reliability.
• Ensure accurate analytics to calculate the cost and ROI of automation projects implemented at the Asia region garment manufacturing plants.
• Proactively train the engineers at the plants on the new methods and automation technics.
• Attend required meetings and react to those as necessary. Serve on task forces and other initiatives as necessary to support the needs of the business.
• Promote a positive work atmosphere to ensure good employee relations and strict adherence to the company business practices.
• Effectively implement the automation solution by working closely with plant operations team through systematic project management.
• Work with existing vendors & develop new vendors at each locations to accelerate automation programs & adapt new machine functionalities.

Requirements

• Bachelor/Master Degree preferably in Mechatronics, Automation, Instrumentation or Electronics field.
• Min. 5 to 8 years of hands on experience in industrial process automation system design, development & implementation at multiple locations.
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across plants & departments.
• Proficient in CAD Software: Solidworks, Inventor, AutoCAD.
• Solid electrical, pneumatic circuit design experience.
• Strong in Machine control programming: PLC, Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc.
• Knowledge of IOT system development & implementation.
• Lean & Six Sigma Manufacturing exposure.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Good command in English.