Manager, Automation Engineering

Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LL • Shippensburg, PA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Automation Engineering, will function as the Site Implementation Project Manager who is responsible for leading the on-site execution of complex automation, material handling, and industrial racking projects from site readiness through installation, commissioning, go-live, and operational handoff / final acceptance. This role serves as the primary on-site project leader, ensuring projects are executed safely, to scope, on schedule, and within budget. This role will coordinate multiple vendors and cross-functional partners, proactively manage risks and open issues, and drive timely resolution of constraints that could impact project commitments. The role will also leverage AI and digital tools to improve project visibility, identify emerging risks, streamline project management activities, and enable faster, data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field and 2 years’ experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area.
• 4 years’ experience in engineering, supply chain, or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Masters: Computer Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day site execution of automation, material handling, conveyor, controls, and industrial racking installations from site readiness through commissioning and operational handoff.
• Maintain accountability for approved project scope, master schedule, milestones, financial commitments, and change control. Identify variances early and establish recovery plans when commitments are at risk.
• Manage equipment suppliers, system integrators, rack installers, contractors, and other project partners. Establish clear deliverables, monitor performance, and hold vendors accountable to contractual, schedule, quality, and performance commitments.
• Own and actively manage the project risk register, identifying technical, schedule, cost, safety, resource, and operational risks. Establish mitigation plans, owners, and due dates and escalate material risks early.
• Maintain disciplined tracking of open issues, dependencies, decisions, and actions. Drive issues to closure, remove barriers, and coordinate cross-functional support to maintain project momentum.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Operations, Reliability/Maintenance, Technology, Safety, Procurement, Finance, and external partners to coordinate execution, resolve issues, and ensure alignment to project commitments.
• Coordinate site access, installation sequencing, equipment delivery and staging, utilities, construction interfaces, and other dependencies required for successful automation and industrial rack installation.
• Lead coordination of testing, commissioning, punch-list closure, performance validation, training, documentation, and operational readiness activities through successful go-live.
• Evaluate proposed scope and field changes for cost, schedule, technical, and operational impacts. Ensure changes are appropriately documented, reviewed, and approved before execution.
• Leverage approved AI and digital project-management tools to improve schedule and cost analysis, risk identification, issue tracking, meeting and action summarization, document review, reporting, and identification of emerging project trends. Apply AI-generated insights to proactively identify constraints and accelerate informed decision-making while maintaining accountability for project outcomes.
• Provide clear, fact-based reporting on overall project health, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, open issues, vendor performance, and operational readiness. Use AI and digital tools to improve reporting efficiency, identify trends, and enable earlier escalation and resolution.
• Ensure project deliverables, documentation, training, spare parts, punch-list items, open issues, and system ownership are effectively transitioned to Operations and Reliability teams.
• Demonstrates and encourages respect for all builds a highperforming team seeks and embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where all associates feel seen supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform drives a positive associate and customermember experience for all identifies attracts and retains the best team members
• Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback coaching mentoring and developmental opportunities promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customermember and company and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners works collaboratively and crossfunctionally to achieve objectives and communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate influence and inspire commitment and action
• Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers and the world around us eg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving
• Follows the law our code of conduct and company policies and sets expectations for others to do the same promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of nonretaliation listens to concerns raised by associates takes action and encourages others to do the same holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values
• Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble selfaware honest and transparent
• Delivers expected business results while putting the customermember first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and acts with an Every Day LowCost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customersmembers
• Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data analytics customermember insights and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy
• Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset seeks feedback asks thoughtful questions fosters an environment that supports learning innovation and learning from mistakes and intelligent risktaking and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks
• Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart (Live Better U program)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager