Maintenance & Automation Engineer

Lead Our Operational Excellence as a Maintenance & Automation Engineer!

Are you a hands-on Maintenance & Automation Engineer ready to step up and lead? Do you have a passion for optimizing complex industrial processes and a talent for getting the best out of a small technical team?

Join our Brwinów site (Warsaw area) and take the lead in ensuring the peak performance and continuity of our critical production assets. This is an exciting opportunity to act as the primary Subject Matter Expert for process automation while gaining direct leadership experience managing one dedicated technical specialist.

What You Will Do: The Core Mission

As our go-to expert, you will drive technical innovation and maintain operational stability:

• Automation Engineering: Design, optimize, and modify complex automation controls (hardware and software) for manufacturing assets and facilities.
• Operational Continuity: Define and execute proactive, efficient maintenance programs to guarantee the continuous, reliable operation of all production equipment.
• Lead & Mentor: Directly manage and provide technical guidance to one maintenance engineer, leveraging your expertise to elevate team performance.
• Strategic Management: Take ownership of the local maintenance budget, efficiently managing critical suppliers and specialized subcontractors.
• Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate closely with Operations, EHS, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to seamlessly integrate technical upgrades and improve overall asset reliability.

Who We're Looking For

You are a proactive, technically proficient professional with a desire to lead:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Automation Engineering or a related technical field, coupled with 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Automation Expertise: A comprehensive, hands-on understanding of major Process Automation disciplines (e.g., Siemens, Rockwell) across hardware, software, and documentation standards.
• Leadership Potential: Some first-hand experience in direct people management, project team leadership, or mentoring is highly desirable.
• Analytical Power: Demonstrated success in process optimization and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bilingual Communication: Full Professional Working Proficiency in both English and Polish is essential for effective local and international collaboration.
• Collaboration: A strong ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.

Ready to step into a leadership role where automation meets operational excellence? Apply now!

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

Please let us know if we can support you with reasonable accommodations throughout the application process by contacting our team via [email protected].

We do not accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

*We are unable to offer sponsorship or relocation for this role*

*This role is subject to right-to-work checks as per local employment laws* 

What we can offer:

• Private medical care
• Life Insurance
• Transportation allowance
• Meal vouchers
• Participation in bonus scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Participation in Social Fund
• Attractive salary package
• Structured learning and development / Mentoring program 
• International environment 
• Events like International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
• A growing and welcoming team with a good spirit!

Who we are! - Our Story:

Every voice. Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer. In the EMEA region, we have these Employee Resource Groups: 

• EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
• Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
• Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community in the EMEA region

To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website: https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

At Avery Dennison, we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get to know us better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)