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Job Description
Connected Worker Engineer
Job Description
The Connected Worker Engineer serves as the Connected Worker technical partner to ADM manufacturing sites, bridging frontline operations and digital technology to improve safety, reliability, productivity, and operational excellence.
This role requires a strong operational mindset and deep engagement with site teams. The Connected Worker Engineer spends significant time understanding frontline work, identifying operational pain points, and partnering with operators, supervisors, and site leadership to design practical digital solutions that drive measurable business value. While responsible for the technical implementation of Connected Worker platforms, success in this role is defined by the ability to build trust with operations teams and ensure solutions solve real business problems.
Site Partnership & Operational Engagement
- Build strong relationships with operators, supervisors, and site leadership.
- Understand frontline processes, challenges, and improvement opportunities.
- Gather operational requirements and translate business needs into Connected Worker solutions.
- Facilitate site workshops, process reviews, and user feedback sessions.
- Drive adoption through practical, business-focused solutions that deliver measurable value.
- Serve as a trusted advisor for Connected Worker and digital transformation initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to expand Connected Worker capabilities across ADM manufacturing sites.
Connected Worker Platform Ownership
- Serve as the technical expert for Connected Worker platforms and related technologies.
- Maintain platform standards, governance, security, and system health.
- Manage user access, configurations, and platform administration.
- Evaluate new platform capabilities and recommend enhancements.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
- Support integration of new digital capabilities into existing Connected Worker applications and processes.
Solution Design & Development
- Gather and document operational requirements from manufacturing sites and business stakeholders.
- Translate operational requirements into digital solutions.
- Design and configure Connected Worker applications, workflows, forms, dashboards, reports, and user experiences.
- Lead testing, validation, deployment, and user acceptance activities.
- Develop documentation, support materials, and configuration standards.
- Ensure delivered solutions generate measurable operational value and business outcomes.
Systems Integration & Data Management
- Support integrations between Connected Worker and enterprise applications.
- Provide support for existing PI Vision projects that leverage Connected Worker capabilities.
- Work with Global Technology to integrate operational and production data into Connected Worker applications to improve frontline decision making.
- Troubleshoot system connectivity, API, and data flow issues.
- Develop reporting and analytics to measure adoption and business outcomes.
- Maintain data integrity and alignment with enterprise architecture and standards.
Site Support & Continuous Improvement
- Provide ongoing site support for deployed Connected Worker solutions built in PI Asset Framework and PI Vision.
- Manage issue resolution, troubleshooting, and enhancement requests.
- Partner with sites to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
- Support pilots, deployments, and enterprise rollouts.
Project Leadership
- Lead technical execution for Connected Worker initiatives.
- Develop implementation plans, estimates, and deployment strategies.
- Coordinate with GT, contractors, vendors, and site teams throughout project execution.
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- Manage project risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
- Support value realization and continuous improvement efforts.
- Some travel and on-call work at ADM locations to support solution development, implementation, training, and continuous improvement activities are expected as part of this position.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Manufacturing Technology, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in manufacturing technology, industrial digitalization, operations technology, or industrial software implementation.
- Experience designing and supporting digital manufacturing solutions.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with manufacturing operations teams.
- Strong understanding of plant operations, maintenance, reliability, production, or continuous improvement processes.
- Ability to communicate effectively with frontline employees, supervisors, and operational leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with PI System Explorer, PI Vision, and Excel PI Add-ins.
- Experience with Connected Worker, MES, or digital work execution platforms.
- Experience with Power Platform, Power BI, SharePoint, Azure, SQL, or similar technologies.
- Experience integrating enterprise systems and applications.
- Experience facilitating workshops, discovery sessions, and requirements gathering.
- Experience leading technology projects in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of quality, EHS, and operational excellence processes.
Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor.
- If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required.
- If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
Hiring Manager- Bailley Thomas
Recruiter- Nitha George
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Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.
If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
The pay range for this position is expected to be between:
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About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.