Senior Automation Engineer

Brand: Post Holdings Inc.

Categories: Information Technology

Locations: Saint Louis, Missouri

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 31670

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Feeding the world is what we do - how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.

We have more than 55 offices and manufacturing sites and approximately 13,000 employees. Over the past 13 years, Post has made 28+ acquisitions and innovative financial transactions and reached $8.2 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries

Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500 ® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands-together, we make a difference.

Responsibilities

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Sr Automation Engineer leverages technology platforms including workflow engines, automation platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and low-code solutions such as Power Automate to improve business process efficiency, accuracy, reliability, and scalability. Key to the success of this role beyond the technology platforms is leveraging business relationships and process understanding to help identify automation opportunities.

In addition, the role optimizes internal department functions including managing automation solution performance, streamlining performance and reliability, and maintaining alignment with governance standards across a working team. It is a chance to drive meaningful improvements that deliver tangible results.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Automation Platforms, Solution Development & Governance

• Responsible for the technical implementation of automation platforms and services at Post Holdings Corporate while also fostering and supporting Center of Excellence activities for all operating divisions to help drive automation adoption.

• Design, develop, and support corporate automations and engage with operating divisions to support and advance their automation development and resolve technology challenges.

• Develop procedures and governance models for automation practices, including documentation of use cases and data owner approvals for each data point and data source/target.

• Ensure processes are running in accordance with procedures, practices, and governance requirements.

Business Process Analysis & Automation Use Cases

• Work with functional users of various levels to gather business process requirements and develop quantifiable automation use cases.

• Identify, quantify, document, and design approved business processes for automation.

• Gather data related to technical implementations for demonstrating and driving return on investment, performance management, and improvement opportunities.

Service Monitoring, Reliability & Deployment

• Monitor implemented services to manage capacity, downtime, and outages.

• Troubleshoot automation issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement enhancements to improve performance, reliability, scalability, and user experience.

• Oversee the development, daily monitoring, testing, and deployment of solutions by both onshore and offshore team members, ensuring their work is prioritized, meets standards, and is successfully transitioned to production.

• Contribute technical input to strategy and platform lifecycle plans for enterprise automation services.

Data Integration, Architecture & Compliance

• Advise on data integrations, including data transformations, filtering, and lineage. This could be data flowing from an ERP or other enterprise systems.

• Document the architecture, connectivity, and data flow of solutions as required to support the Architecture Review Board and ensure audit and compliance requirements are met.

• Ensure automation solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, and aligned with enterprise architecture, change control, and governance standards

Qualifications

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred; Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other quantitative subject a plus; or 7-10 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• 7-10 years of experience working with automation and integration platforms; experience with Automation Anywhere and Power Automate preferred.

• Working knowledge of DevOps CI/CD pipelines, code management toolsets, and experience with change control concepts.

• Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint and Visio; must have expert functional knowledge of Excel.

• Experience using AI-enabled automation capabilities to enhance business process automation preferred.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrate high personal standards of behavior in a professional environment. Demonstrate accountability, competence, and the ability to manage through influence.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex ideas concisely to a variety of audiences.

• Strong analytical, logic, and critical thinking skills are required.

• Ability to work on multiple projects, competing priorities, and ensure follow-through on committed deliverables.

This is a hybrid role based in St. Louis. In office days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Work from home days are Mondays and Fridays.

#LI-hybrid

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Sr Automation Engineer leverages technology platforms including workflow engines, automation platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and low-code solutions such as Power Automate to improve business process efficiency, accuracy, reliability, and scalability. Key to the success of this role beyond the technology platforms is leveraging business relationships and process understanding to help identify automation opportunities.

In addition, the role optimizes internal department functions including managing automation solution performance, streamlining performance and reliability, and maintaining alignment with governance standards across a working team. It is a chance to drive meaningful improvements that deliver tangible results.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Automation Platforms, Solution Development & Governance

• Responsible for the technical implementation of automation platforms and services at Post Holdings Corporate while also fostering and supporting Center of Excellence activities for all operating divisions to help drive automation adoption.

• Design, develop, and support corporate automations and engage with operating divisions to support and advance their automation development and resolve technology challenges.

• Develop procedures and governance models for automation practices, including documentation of use cases and data owner approvals for each data point and data source/target.

• Ensure processes are running in accordance with procedures, practices, and governance requirements.

Business Process Analysis & Automation Use Cases

• Work with functional users of various levels to gather business process requirements and develop quantifiable automation use cases.

• Identify, quantify, document, and design approved business processes for automation.

• Gather data related to technical implementations for demonstrating and driving return on investment, performance management, and improvement opportunities.

Service Monitoring, Reliability & Deployment

• Monitor implemented services to manage capacity, downtime, and outages.

• Troubleshoot automation issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement enhancements to improve performance, reliability, scalability, and user experience.

• Oversee the development, daily monitoring, testing, and deployment of solutions by both onshore and offshore team members, ensuring their work is prioritized, meets standards, and is successfully transitioned to production.

• Contribute technical input to strategy and platform lifecycle plans for enterprise automation services.

Data Integration, Architecture & Compliance

• Advise on data integrations, including data transformations, filtering, and lineage. This could be data flowing from an ERP or other enterprise systems.

• Document the architecture, connectivity, and data flow of solutions as required to support the Architecture Review Board and ensure audit and compliance requirements are met.

• Ensure automation solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, and aligned with enterprise architecture, change control, and governance standards

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred; Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other quantitative subject a plus; or 7-10 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• 7-10 years of experience working with automation and integration platforms; experience with Automation Anywhere and Power Automate preferred.

• Working knowledge of DevOps CI/CD pipelines, code management toolsets, and experience with change control concepts.

• Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint and Visio; must have expert functional knowledge of Excel.

• Experience using AI-enabled automation capabilities to enhance business process automation preferred.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrate high personal standards of behavior in a professional environment. Demonstrate accountability, competence, and the ability to manage through influence.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex ideas concisely to a variety of audiences.

• Strong analytical, logic, and critical thinking skills are required.

• Ability to work on multiple projects, competing priorities, and ensure follow-through on committed deliverables.

This is a hybrid role based in St. Louis. In office days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Work from home days are Mondays and Fridays.

#LI-hybrid

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)