$94,000–$117,000 base salary
On-site – Hopkinsville, KY
Relocation assistance available
I'm currently supporting a leading automotive manufacturer on a search for a Senior Production Engineer Specialist to take ownership of its E-Coat / electrodeposition (ED) paint and pretreatment processes at its Hopkinsville, Kentucky manufacturing operation.
This is a hands-on, plant-based role focused on paint application chemistry, E-Coat bath control, coating quality, defect diagnosis, process troubleshooting, and environmental compliance. You'll serve as a technical owner for an approximately 11–12 stage wet-process coating system, supporting the process from rinses and pretreatment/etch stages through the electrodeposition paint bath.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong E-Coat, industrial paint, pretreatment, surface treatment, or chemical process experience who enjoys hands-on troubleshooting, process ownership, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and optimize E-Coat/ED coating, pretreatment, rinse, and associated chemical processes, controlling critical parameters including pH, conductivity, bath solids, chemical concentration, temperature, voltage, pressure, and flow.
- Manage bath chemistry, titration results, chemical additions, replenishment, filtration, and preventative bath maintenance, partnering closely with chemical suppliers.
- Diagnose coating-quality issues including adhesion failures, poor coverage, thickness variation, contamination, blisters, craters, runs/sags, appearance issues, and corrosion failures.
- Analyze laboratory, process, production, and equipment data to identify abnormalities, determine root cause, and lead corrective actions using A3, PDCA, 8-Step, or similar methodologies.
- Develop standardized work instructions, process limits, control plans, reaction plans, troubleshooting procedures, and best-practice documentation, while coaching technicians and plant personnel.
- Support wastewater treatment, environmental compliance, equipment reliability, process trials, capital improvements, commissioning, and new model/production-readiness activities.
Key Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of relevant E-Coat, ED coating, industrial paint, pretreatment, surface treatment, corrosion protection, or chemical process experience preferred; candidates with 2–3+ years of highly relevant experience will also be considered.
- Strong knowledge of paint/coating chemistry, bath management, titration, chemical additions, surface preparation, pretreatment, and corrosion protection.
- Proven ability to diagnose coating defects and process abnormalities using chemistry, laboratory results, process data, equipment conditions, and quality testing.
- Hands-on manufacturing experience with strong process ownership, structured problem-solving, leadership, and the ability to coach technicians and collaborate across Production, Quality, Maintenance, Environmental, and Engineering teams.
- Experience with wastewater treatment, reverse osmosis, filtration, environmental compliance, and standardized process documentation is highly desirable.
- Automotive experience is preferred, although relevant experience from heavy equipment, appliances, canning, oil & gas, or other industrial coating environments will be considered. Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC exposure and paint/coating certifications are additional pluses.
If you have a strong background in E-Coat/ED coating, paint application chemistry, pretreatment, or industrial coating processes and are looking for an opportunity to take ownership of a critical manufacturing process, I'd love to speak with you.
Interested? Apply now or send a copy of your resume to c.vancaeseele@lawrenceharvey.com.
Are you passionate about designing robotic automation solutions that solve real-world manufacturing challenges?
We're supporting a fast-growing robotics scale-up that's redefining industrial automation through next-generation robotic systems.
Following continued growth across North America and Europe, they're looking to hire additional Senior Solution Development Engineers to play a key role in designing the automation solutions of tomorrow and to bridge the gap between customer requirements and world-class automation solutions.
You'll act as the technical bridge between Sales Engineering and deployment, translating customer requirements into scalable automation solutions through concept development, simulation and detailed engineering before handing them over for execution.
What you'll be doing• Translate customer requirements into technically feasible automation concepts and system architectures through pre-sales solutions.• Design end-to-end robotic automation solutions spanning mechanical, electrical, controls and software disciplines.• Validate solution concepts through simulation, modelling and prototyping before deployment.• Evaluate engineering trade-offs and make data-driven design decisions.• Define system requirements, interfaces, assumptions and acceptance criteria.• Partner with execution teams to ensure solutions are practical, scalable and ready for manufacturing and deployment.• Lead technical design reviews and identify risks early in the development lifecycle.• Produce comprehensive engineering documentation, including solution packages, interface definitions, risk assessments and Bills of Materials.• Continuously improve future designs by incorporating deployment feedback and operational learnings.
We're keen to speak with engineers who have experience designing complex robotic or automation systems and enjoy solving multidisciplinary engineering challenges.
What we're looking for• Experience developing technical solution concepts from customer requirements.• Strong background in systems engineering, robotics, automation, mechatronics, application engineering or design engineering.• Strong CAD experience• Experience with simulation, modelling and prototype validation.• Knowledge across mechanical, electrical and controls engineering.• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Offices in Munich, flexible working with travel to customers.
Salary up to €72,900 + Bonus + ESOP.
Apply now for immediate consideration! This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing robotics company where you'll have a direct impact on how automation solutions are designed and delivered. You'll work on cutting-edge robotics projects, collaborate with highly experienced engineering teams, and see your concepts deployed into real manufacturing environments.
If you're looking for a role where you can combine systems thinking, technical design and customer-focused engineering while helping shape the future of industrial robotics, we'd love to hear from you.
Apriso MES Architect
Remote - US
$150-175k base salary
This is a senior technical role for someone with strong hands-on DELMIA Apriso
experience who can operate across both development and architecture — designing
scalable MES solutions, defining technical standards, solving complex system challenges,
and working across manufacturing, infrastructure, integration, and enterprise application
teams.
You’ll play a key role in building and evolving highly available Apriso environments while
helping manufacturers modernize how production systems are deployed, integrated, and
supported.
What You’ll Be Doing
• Architect, design, configure, and implement enterprise-scale DELMIA Apriso MES
solutions across manufacturing operations.
• Define Apriso solution architecture, technical standards, deployment patterns, and
system configurations that can scale across multiple plants and environments.
• Lead technical design across Apriso applications, infrastructure, databases,
middleware, and integrations with wider manufacturing and enterprise systems.
• Remain hands-on with Apriso development and configuration, helping troubleshoot
complex application and system-level issues.
• Design and support integrations between MES, ERP, PLM, automation, and other
manufacturing applications.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, availability, and scalability across
distributed manufacturing environments.
• Work closely with developers, solution architects, infrastructure, database,
manufacturing, and business teams to translate requirements into robust technical
solutions.
• Evaluate new Apriso functionality, product capabilities, and architectural
approaches to continuously improve the MES landscape.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout
design, implementation, deployment, and support.
What We’re Looking For
• Strong hands-on experience with Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso, ideally
spanning both development and solution architecture.
• Deep understanding of Apriso functionality, architecture, development tools, and
recommended implementation approaches.
• Experience designing and delivering MES solutions within complex or large-scale
manufacturing environments.
• Strong .NET and SQL experience.
• Experience configuring and managing Apriso components such as Job Executor and
related application services.
• Strong understanding of MES integrations with ERP, PLM, middleware, and
manufacturing systems.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns including service buses, messaging,
publish/subscribe, and MOM architectures.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex application, integration, infrastructure, and
performance issues.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and
manufacturing stakeholders.
Nice to Have
• Experience with enterprise or multi-site Apriso deployments.
• AWS cloud services and infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Ansible Tower, GitLab, CI/CD, and automated deployment
practices.
• Broader knowledge of manufacturing IT/OT architecture and digital manufacturing
transformation.
• Experience working within highly regulated, secure, or mission-critical
manufacturing environments.
I’m currently working on behalf of a global manufacturing client looking for an experienced Coupa P2P Lead to support their ongoing operations.
Please see the details below:
Key Details
- Start: ASAP
- Contract: Freelance
- Capacity: 3–5 days per week
- Location: Fully remote
- Rate: Flexible depending on seniority and experience
Role Overview
The consultant will support the ongoing administration and operational management of the Coupa P2P platform, coordinating incidents, changes, releases and integrations while ensuring the system remains stable and well maintained.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate incident resolution activities and processes
- Coordinate change-related activities and requests
- Administer Coupa configurations and templates
- Execute exception handling procedures
- Maintain service catalogues and related records
- Prepare reports and monitor KPIs
- Coordinate integration monitoring activities
- Coordinate Coupa releases and change requests
Requirements
- Strong hands-on Coupa P2P experience
- Experience in Coupa administration, support and continuous improvement
- Strong understanding of P2P processes and Coupa configurations
- Experience coordinating incidents, changes, releases and integrations
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
If you are interested, please apply with your updated CV highlighting your experience in the above. If you are unavailable, recommendations are also appreciated!
Best regards,
Jonathan
We are currently working on behalf of a client who is looking for an experienced Coupa Invoicing Functional Expert to support an upcoming rollout across Europe and LATAM.
Please see the details below:
Key Details
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Start: October
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Contract: Until end of year
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Capacity: 80 hours
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Location: Fully remote
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Rate: Flexible depending on seniority and experience
Role Overview
The consultant will support the functional rollout of Coupa Invoicing across multiple countries in Europe and Latin America, working closely with business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and adoption.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide functional expertise for the Coupa Invoicing rollout
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Support configuration and optimisation of invoicing processes
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Collaborate with business stakeholders to align local requirements with global standards
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Support testing, UAT, and go-live activities
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Assist with issue resolution and post-go-live support
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Ensure best practice adoption across EUR and LATAM deployments
Requirements
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Strong hands-on experience with Coupa Invoicing
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Proven experience delivering Coupa implementation or rollout projects
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Strong understanding of AP and invoicing processes
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Experience working across multi-country or global deployments
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Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
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Fluent English
If you are interested, please apply with your updated CV highlighting your experience in the above. If you are unavailable, recommendations are also appreciated!
Mechanical Design Engineer (Robotics Start-Up)
Want to design a robot that doesn’t just look good in CAD - but actually performs in the real world?
A scaling robotics company is building an autonomous system designed to operate in demanding, real-world environments across AgriTech.
They’re focused on robust, serviceable, and manufacturable hardware that can be deployed and maintained at scale.
They’re looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to take ownership of the physical product - from CAD through to assembly, supplier engagement, and real-world deployment. This is a hands-on role where you’re expected to stay close to the hardware and the field.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own the design of mechanical components and assemblies for the robot, managing CAD through multiple product iterations
- Take ownership of the BOM, ensuring accuracy, version control, and alignment with procurement and production
- Work directly with suppliers - sourcing components, requesting quotes, managing lead times, and building strong relationships
- Support and improve assembly processes, creating clear documentation and getting hands-on where needed
- Spend time in the field - attending deployments, customer sites, and trials to understand real-world performance
- Collaborate closely with embedded systems and software teams to ensure seamless integration of sensors, wiring, and hardware
- Support product certification (CE marking, machinery directive), contributing to technical documentation and compliance testing
- Identify and implement design improvements based on field feedback, manufacturing constraints, and cost optimisation
What They’re Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in mechanical design or product engineering (robotics, machinery, or industrial equipment preferred)
- Strong proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or equivalent)
- Experience managing BOMs and working with suppliers/manufacturers
- Hands-on experience with assembly and building physical products
- Comfort working in the field and engaging with real-world deployments
- Exposure to product certification processes (CE marking, machinery directive, etc.) is a strong plus
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across multiple workstreams in a fast-moving startup
Hybrid/On-site working in Porto, Portugal.
Want to design robots that actually work in the field and shape the future of AgriTech robotics? Apply now for immediate consideration.
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