AI Automation Engineer – Copilot & Agentic AI

Title: AI Automation Engineer – Copilot & Agentic AI
Location : Remote (seeking candidates in Eastern or Central time zone, must work early Eastern time biz hours)
Target Start Date : ASAP
Type: Contract (6-12 months)
Pay Rate : $72.00-$87.00/hr

Overview
Our client, a global leader in the design and manufacture of consumer and safety products, is seeking an AI Automation Engineer with extensive experience in Microsoft Copilot and Agentic AI. The AI Automation Engineer designs and delivers intelligent automation solutions that leverage Microsoft Copilot technologies and complementary AI platforms to improve efficiency, insight, and execution across a global consumer products manufacturing organization. This role bridges AI, data analytics, and business process transformation—working closely with functional leaders to understand how work is performed across corporate, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial operations, and applying agentic AI to optimize and automate those processes at scale.

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered automation solutions using Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Automate.
• Partner with leaders across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Quality, R&D, Sales, and IT to map end-to-end business processes and identify high-impact AI automation opportunities.
• Develop agentic AI workflows that autonomously execute tasks, orchestrate decisions, and interact with ERP, MES, PLM, and other enterprise systems.
• Apply AI-driven analytics to operational and business data, enabling Copilot-based insights for areas such as demand forecasting, production planning, inventory optimization, quality trends, and cost analysis.
• Leverage AI to support data analytics solutions, including automated analysis, insight generation, and decision support across enterprise datasets.
• Translate manufacturing and business challenges into clearly defined AI use cases, technical designs, and scalable implementation plans.
• Integrate Copilot and AI solutions with enterprise platforms such as ERP (e.g., JDE), supply chain systems, data warehouses, and collaboration tools.
• Support automation use cases including reporting automation, exception management, root-cause analysis, SOP assistance, and knowledge retrieval across global teams.
• Evaluate and incorporate additional AI and LLM-based toolsets when Copilot is not the optimal solution.
• Monitor, measure, and continuously refine AI automations to ensure reliability, accuracy, and measurable business impact.
• Contribute to enterprise standards for AI governance, security, data privacy, and responsible AI use.

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Automate in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of agentic AI concepts and autonomous workflow design.
• Proven ability to analyze, interrogate, and automate complex business processes, particularly in manufacturing or supply chain contexts.
• Experience using AI with data analytics solutions.
• Experience using AI for data analytics, reporting, insight generation, or decision support.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with business function leaders to define requirements, develop AI use cases, and deliver outcomes.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise systems, data sources, and APIs.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience in consumer products, manufacturing, supply chain, or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with ERP, MES, supply chain planning, quality, or production systems.
• Background in process engineering, continuous improvement, digital transformation, or intelligent automation.
• Experience with additional AI platforms or LLM ecosystems beyond Microsoft Copilot.
• Understanding of AI governance, security, compliance, and data stewardship in global enterprises.

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