What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facility Engineer position at SUBARU OF INDIANA AUTOMOTIVE and Careers?
Date: Mar 5, 2026
Location: Lafayette, IN, US, 47905
Company: Subaru
Manufacturing Engineer – Facility
Paint, Manufacturing Engineering Department
Position Summary:
The Facility Engineer leads the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of plant systems and infrastructure supporting paint operations. This role owns automation platforms, critical facility assets, and capital engineering programs that enable safe, reliable, and cost-effective production. The Facility Engineer drives modernization initiatives, including automation and digitalization, to improve asset performance, scalability, and long-term resource efficiency.
Outline of Duties:
- Own and lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of facility systems supporting paint operations, including automation platforms, material handling systems, and critical infrastructure.
- Drive strategic automation and digitalization initiatives to modernize facility capabilities, improve operational reliability and reduce dependence on manual labor.
- Develop long-term facility automation roadmaps aligned with plant business objectives, capacity requirements, and cost targets.
- Serve as technical owner for facility equipment and systems, ensuring lifecycle management, performance monitoring, and continuous optimization.
- Lead capital projects related to facility upgrades, automation installations, and infrastructure modernization, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, and execution.
- Partner with controls, robotics, IT, and maintenance teams to deploy scalable automation architectures and standardized technical solutions.
- Identify systemic risks and constraints within facility systems (safety, quality, capacity, or cost) and lead cross-functional countermeasures.
- Establish and maintain facility performance metrics, using data analytics to drive asset reliability, energy efficiency, and resource utilization.
- Conduct technical assessments and audits of facility systems to ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and internal engineering guidelines.
- Manage external vendors and integrators, including technical reviews, design approvals, installation oversight, and performance validation.
- Lead root cause analysis and recovery efforts for major facility-related failures impacting safety, production continuity, or quality.
- Develop and maintain professional technical documentation for facility systems, including standards, layouts, control philosophies, and validation records.
- Utilize CAD and digital engineering tools to support facility layout planning, automation concepts, and infrastructure design.
- Own project master schedules and capital budgets for facility engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with plant priorities and financial targets.
- Act as a technical liaison between operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership to ensure facility systems effectively support production needs.
- Drive continuous improvement of facility systems through modernization, standardization, and technology adoption to enhance throughput, consistency, and sustainability.
- Lead efforts to integrate new technologies (robotics, vision systems, AGVs/AMRs, smart utilities, predictive maintenance) into the facility environment.
- All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree plus 1 - 3 years relevant experience or 5 - 7 years relevant experience
- Engineering Technology or Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or 7 -10 years relevant experience.
- Engineering, Engineering Technology or Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce.
Nearest Major Market: Lafayette