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Digital OnSite Lead

Location: 

Wisconsin, US

Req ID:  8773
Date:  Jan 30, 2026

Under the leadership of the Head of Site Management, the Digital Onsite Lead works onsite at customer facilities across the United States to coordinate and execute digital tools during the commissioning of production lines. This role serves as the primary onsite liaison between the Program Lead and the IT Project Manager, ensuring digital readiness, operational stability, and a smooth handover to Life Cycle Alliance (LCA) and customer teams. Extensive travel across the U.S. to customer sites during commissioning; this is a primarily onsite role.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Ensure digital readiness and operational stability of digital tools on the production line during commissioning.
  • Coordinate commissioning activities as well as customer and LCA onboarding related to digital products.
  • Provide onsite support for troubleshooting and resolving issues related to digital products and systems.
  • Act as the primary onsite interface with local teams, including the customer, Krones commissioning team, and LCA.
  • Support data validation to ensure quality, accuracy, and reliability of digital products onsite.
  • Monitor, track, and report project status, risks, and deviations to relevant stakeholders.
  • Coordinate software updates onsite and perform post‑update validation to ensure system stability and functionality.
  • Communicate department and company information in a timely and accurate manner to keep all stakeholders informed.
  • Encourage open communication, feedback, and collaboration among team members and colleagues.
  • Demonstrate a cooperative, courteous, and respectful attitude toward internal and external customers and collaborate with other Krones departments as needed.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Associate’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience typically gained through 3–5 years in electrical and network programming.
  • Basic project management skills for a coordinator/lead role (e.g., task scheduling, coordination, risk/issue tracking, stakeholder communication; MS Project experience is a plus).
  • Proficiency in at least one higher‑level programming language (e.g., C#, Python, SQL, JavaScript, or Rust).
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Experience: Digital tools implementation and project coordination during commissioning or within industrial environments.
  • IT/OT networking experience, including segmentation concepts and plant-floor connectivity.
  • Siemens PLC programming (TIA Portal).
  • Containerization & orchestration: Docker and/or Kubernetes (cluster concepts and deployment basics).
  • Cloud fundamentals: Basic understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services commonly used in industrial digitalization (e.g., data ingestion, storage, dashboards).
  • Programming languages (priority order): C#, Python, SQL, JavaScript, Rust.
  • Cisco networking certifications (e.g., CCNA/CCNP/CCIE) are nice to have but not required.

Professional / Technical Skills

  • Tooling: MS Office; project scheduling software (preferably MS Project); experience using Microsoft Windows tools.
  • Krones portfolio familiarity (nice to have).
  • Foundational business acumen; structural and process knowledge; awareness of policies, guidelines, and standards.
  • Cybersecurity awareness and knowledge of industry best practices appropriate to IT/OT environments (e.g., secure configuration, least privilege, patching cadence, incident reporting).

Soft Skills

  • Comfortable collaborating with customers to understand pain points and resolve issues with a solution-driven mindset.
  • Strong decision‑making and independent judgment in dynamic project environments.
  • Effective teamwork, problem‑solving, leadership, and general project management capabilities.
  • Excellent self‑management, time management, organization, and communication skills.
  • Promotes open communication and constructive feedback across stakeholders.

A world leader in the processing and packaging industries, KRONES works with some of the largest beverage, food, and consumer packaging brands in the world. With projects ranging from planning and installing fully integrated processing, packaging, and bottling systems to replacing or upgrading individual machines, your work will make a difference by helping deliver vital products to the world.

As a Krones employee, you’ll experience the positive impact of Krones culture from day one. Whether you work on the production floor, in the office, or out in-the-field, Krones strives to create an inclusive environment where all team members feel supported and valued.

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