Full-Time

Industry Implementation Specialist

Posted on 9/4/2026

VDS Consulting Group

VDS Consulting Group

1-10 employees

Lean manufacturing and supply chain consulting

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Hybrid

Frequent travel Monday through Friday within the continental United States is required.

Category
Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
ERP
Data Engineering

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Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience in manufacturing automation, controls, industrial engineering, or smart factory implementation.
  • Hands-on capability with programmable logic controllers, supervisory control and data acquisition, historians, and industrial networking.
  • Practical experience retrofitting equipment that was not designed to be connected.
  • Experience delivering automation integration projects, including safety, validation, and commissioning.
  • Ability to build and defend a business case and verify that the expected benefit was realized.
  • Comfort working on the floor in an active production environment.
Responsibilities
  • Deploy Internet of Things sensors and establish machine connectivity on legacy equipment, including retrofit approaches for assets without native connectivity.
  • Implement predictive and condition-based maintenance and its supporting data pipeline.
  • Integrate robotics and automation onto existing production lines, including collaborative robots, pick-and-place systems, palletizing, and vision inspection.
  • Capture overall equipment effectiveness data that accurately reflects production performance.
  • Implement or integrate manufacturing execution systems and shop-floor data systems with the enterprise resource planning layer.
  • Deliver operational technology and information technology convergence, including the required network and security architecture.
  • Develop business cases and validate benefits after implementation.
  • Train operators and maintenance personnel on installed systems and equipment.
Desired Qualifications
  • Predictive maintenance analytics.
  • Machine vision.
  • Robotics integration.
  • Operational technology cybersecurity.
  • Experience across multiple sites or in a smart factory program.

VDS Consulting Group provides management consulting focused on Lean Manufacturing, supply chain, and business processes, helping senior executives and private equity investors improve margins, reduce working capital, and increase enterprise value. They deliver end-to-end improvement programs and targeted projects using their Value Driven Approach to quickly identify and close gaps in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. They also offer on-demand executive-level talent—from analysts to CEO—for interim staffing and direct hire, and provide Lean Six Sigma and operational excellence training. VDS serves multiple industries including Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Insurance, Healthcare, Pharma, Automotive, and Aerospace. Their differentiators include rapid access to the right experts, end-to-end process optimization, and a stated goal of achieving a strong ROI, with a focus on speeding improvements and filling performance gaps when speed and quality matter.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Port St. Lucie, Florida

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • The site updated September 5, 2026, signaling active commercial positioning.
  • Case studies and industry pages show packaged offerings for manufacturing and food.
  • Open positions on September 4, 2026 indicate ongoing hiring demand and service delivery.

What critics are saying

  • No independent press, funding, or customer references validate the 500% ROI claim.
  • Website updates in 2026 show marketing activity, not hard revenue or retention evidence.
  • Heavy reliance on middle-market transformation creates exposure to deal slowdowns and budget freezes.

What makes VDS Consulting Group unique

  • Private-equity focus links VDS directly to value-creation and exit-readiness work.
  • Breadth spans supply chain, operations, finance, technology, and procurement.
  • Career-page recruiting suggests staffing and consulting together, not advice alone.

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