Industry 4.0 Implementation Specialist

Contract 612 months Day rate expenses Travel MF CONUS

A narrow technical hands-on engagement: put connected technology onto production lines that were built before anyone used the phrase Industry 4.0 and make it produce a measurable operating result rather than a dashboard nobody opens.

• IoT sensor deployment and machine connectivity on legacy equipment including retrofit approaches for assets without native connectivity
• Predictive and condition-based maintenance implementation and the data pipeline behind it
• Robotic and automation integration onto existing lines cobots pick and place palletizing vision inspection
• OEE data capture that reflects reality rather than the number the plant would like to report
• MES and shop floor data system implementation or integration to the ERP layer
• OT/IT convergence and the network and security architecture it requires
• Business case development and post-implementation benefit validation
• Operator and maintenance training on everything you install

• 10 years in manufacturing automation controls industrial engineering or smart factory implementation
• Hands-on capability with PLCs SCADA historians and industrial networking
• Practical retrofit experience connecting equipment that was never designed to be connected
• Automation integration project delivery including safety validation and commissioning
• Ability to build and defend a business case then prove the benefit landed
• Comfort working on the floor in an active production environment

Strong plus: predictive maintenance analytics; machine vision; robotics integration; OT cybersecurity; experience across multiple sites or a smart factory program.