Smart Factory Manager / Digital Manufacturing Transformation Manager / IT-OT Integration Manager, 26-15023

Smart Factory Manager / Digital Manufacturing Transformation Manager / IT-OT Integration Manager, 26-15023

The Short Scoop

This is one of those roles that doesn’t come along very often.

Our client is a financially strong, family-owned global manufacturer that is making a significant investment in Industry 4.0 across its manufacturing network. They’re looking for someone who can help build the Smart Factory strategy, not just maintain what’s already in place.

If you enjoy connecting manufacturing with technology, helping plants become more data-driven, and influencing the direction of digital manufacturing, I think you’ll find this role interesting.

Location: Racine, WI

Status: Hybrid (After 90 days of onboarding – hybrid one day a week)

 Here’s What Caught My Attention About This Role – Worth Sharing!

There are a lot of Smart Factory jobs out there; here is why this one stands out.

• You’re not walking into someone else’s roadmap. You’ll have the opportunity to help create it.
• This isn’t about supporting one manufacturing facility. You’ll help influence manufacturing operations across a global organization.
• You’ll work closely with manufacturing, engineering, and IT leaders because this role sits right in the middle of all three.
• The company is investing in digital manufacturing and wants someone who can help determine where those investments should go.
• If you enjoy stepping back, looking at the big picture, and helping shape where manufacturing is headed over the next several years, I think you’ll appreciate what this role offers.

Fantastic benefits include an employee wellness focus, and long-term career growth opportunities

• Annual bonus plus long-term incentives
• Profit sharing and 401(k) with matching
• Retirement plan
• Relocation assistance
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Healthcare Flex Account
• Wellness Dollars
• Paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Parental Leave
• Paid sabbaticals (after set duration of time – kind of cool)
• Flexible work arrangements
• On-site fitness center and wellness programs
• Professional development and training
• Legal assistance
• Pet insurance
• Domestic partner benefits
• Short & Long term disability
• Paid Holidays – 15 days
• Benefits that are genuinely above the norm

Having recruited for many companies over the years, we can confidently say this is a premium benefits package. This company truly cares about its employees and invests in the health and wellness of each team member.

Compensation range $150k – $170K

What You’ll Be Doing

• Define and maintain the Smart Factory vision, roadmap, and multi-year digital manufacturing strategy.
• Lead digital maturity assessments across manufacturing sites and prioritize investment opportunities.
• Oversee IT-OT integration involving MES, ERP, SCADA, historians, PLCs, edge computing, and connected factory technologies.
• Lead Smart Factory initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Evaluate Industry 4.0 technologies including Industrial IoT (IIoT), AI/ML, digital twins, predictive maintenance and advanced analytics.
• Partner with business leaders and technology vendors to establish enterprise digital manufacturing standards.
• Communicate progress and strategy with executive leadership and plant management.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Lives In This Wheelhouse

• Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of experience in Smart Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing, Manufacturing Transformation, IT-OT Integration, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Automation, or similar environments.
• Experience with MES, SCADA, PLCs, Industrial IoT (IIoT), automation systems, historians, and ERP/MES integrations.
• Experience leading Smart Factory, Connected Factory, or Industry 4.0 initiatives.
• Strong understanding of IT-OT convergence.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles within OT environments.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

One quick note: If your background is primarily as a Controls Engineer or PLC Programmer, this probably isn’t the right fit. This role is right for someone who has stepped back from the technology and helped lead Smart Factory or digital manufacturing initiatives across an organization.

If you’ve read this far and you’re thinking, “This sounds a lot like what I’ve been doing,” I’d encourage you to apply.

From The Recruiter’s Desk

I’ve been recruiting in technology for quite some time, and one thing I’ve learned is that you can usually tell when a company is looking to hire someone for a job versus looking for someone to build a career with them.

They’re looking for the right person who brings expertise to the table and has the drive to grow alongside the company.

How To Apply: We’d love to see your resume, but we don’t need it to have a conversation. Send an email to me, Rich Bradley rich@teambradley.com and tell me why you’re interested. Or, if you do have a resume ready, apply on this site.

Setting Expectations

We’d love to help every single person who is interested and applies to this role. Unfortunately, too many people apply who don’t appear capable of doing the job. We apologize in advance, but we will not be able to respond directly to all submissions.

Sponsorship is not an option for this role.

This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This is NOT A REMOTE ROLE! Hybrid one day a week wfh.

This role is domestic relocation eligible.

TBI Id No: 26-15023, Smart Factory Manager / Digital Manufacturing Transformation Manager / IT-OT Integration Manager