Automation Architect - Georgia, Atlanta

The announced job offer is made public by the firm: Americold and it was included in jobs list the date of: 2022-10-22 in the website greenenergyjobsonline.com.

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Overview

Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on tables around the world.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over 16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities - from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting, administration, business development, customer support, engineering, transportation, and technology solutions positions.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibility:
The Automation Architect will lead the organization in developing, maintaining and governing the Automation processes and Automation Interface Architecture across the entire organization. This individual will work in promoting the automation design principles and standards. This individual assist the business modelers and developers with the solutioning, design and development of automation processes, data and interfaces. This individual provides leadership and guidance to the development teams on architectural practices and policies. He or she will partner and collaborate with operations teams in coming up with agile and sustainable processes for the deployment and management of automated solutions across non production and production environments. This individual will build strategies to develop the necessary automation competencies throughout the organization. Apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to the software development life cycle in their designated area. Drive out the key global business requirements and translate into workable requirements containing process information, data flows, comprehensive functional specifications and test plans - challenging any requests that may be unreasonable or unnecessary - and ultimately ensuring that project deliverables are met according to requirements. Creation and maintenance of up-to-date documentation pertaining to core IT and automated processes, software and business logic, software configuration as well as identification of hardware and infrastructure used to support.

Essential Functions:
Design solutions related to warehouse conveyor/execution systems and warehouse management systems. Interface with EDI, Web, and Data Warehouse applications.
Lead the creation and evolution of the automation architecture. Lead and facilitate the creation and implementation of automation governance practices and other automation tools
Prepare detailed functional requirements for software development.
Maintains software design principles to guide and govern how application solutions will be designed, integrated and implemented to lower costs and improve application maintainability, flexibility, scalability, robustness, performance, and ability to troubleshoot
Follow established procedures for the design, coding, and testing of new software.
Monitor performance of new applications.
Provide guidance to business and development teams on which tools, practices frameworks and libraries to use for automation systems development
Analyze enterprise business context (trends and business strategy), as well as change requirements to derive the automation architecture future state
Produce thorough test plans and any specific test and load test conditions that must be met for all sites affected by software alterations. Perform UAT on software to ensure changes function for all sites. Supply knowledge and/or training as applicable to roll-out changes across applicable sites
Assign and direct work. Monitor adherence to performance standards.
Prepare time estimates for a project and detailed time estimate for each program within the project.
Apply Americold Project Management Methodology for successful implementation of IT Solutions in all projects ranging from new business launches to support of current business processes
Work closely with the internal/external customer responsible to perform any tasks required as related to critical software and/or process alterations - such as: solution design, software and process testing, systems configuration, process and information flow documentation maintenance, performing of UAT's, coordination of information distribution to site, etc...
Generation and compilation of corrective action documents, complete with probable causes and possible solutions to systems issues and follow through to deployment of solution
Maintain detailed knowledge of where and how assigned disciplines are utilized across the organization. Close working relationship with the sites to create and maintain a cohesive and connected business system to support the needs of the business
Perform majority of level two support on critical applications within the Americold organization, escalating as required
Other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Experience with implementing, configuring and maintaining enterprise software applications functionality such as WES/WCS, WMS, Distribution, Transportation, and Labor Management. JDA WMS and WLM are a benefit
Experience in JDA platforms/languages, MOCA, Java, etc. is a benefit
Experience in PLC technologies like Rockwell, Siemens, etc. is a benefit
Relevant programming experience preferred
Familiarity with XML and other integration platforms

Knowledge & Employment Standards:
Needs to be a first-class problem solver - Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail. Able to boil complex problems down to their constituent elements, and then formulate and evaluate a range of alternative solutions. Must have excellent conceptual design skills - an instinctive feel for which solutions 'fit' and which need rethinking.
Knowledge of transportation and warehouse industries.
Demonstrated planning, task organizing and execution skills.
Strong communications skills (written/verbal), with emphasis on demonstrated ability to translate complex concepts between business and technical groups.
Experience and/or knowledge of FMEA, ITIL, COBIT, ISO, and Project Management Methodologies
Project management experience.
Strong customer service orientation.
Ability to work in team-oriented environment.

Physical Requirements & Abilities:
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
This position requires travel 50 - 75% of the time.
May require a visit facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing
May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
Requires the use of various electronic tools
Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.