by Tony Wallace | Jun 5, 2026 | Automation, Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automation Workforce
Every headline about humanoid and mobile robots asks the same question: what happens to the workers? Here is the answer the headlines miss — the robot boom is the single largest skilled-labor boom in modern American manufacturing. Someone has to rig, wire, weld,... by Tony Wallace | Jun 2, 2026 | Automation Contractors, Automation Contractors Jobs News, Automotive Manufacturing, Controls Engineering
Ask a seasoned controls engineer to make the case that a string of two-week gigs beats one long commissioning contract, and the argument falls apart about halfway through. The short jobs mean constant repositioning, half-finished context, and a new badge every other... by Tony Wallace | Jun 2, 2026 | Apprenticeships, Automation, Automation Contractors, Automation Workforce
Most people in manufacturing have already felt the thing nobody quite says out loud: the building goes up faster than the workforce to run it. A company commits to a new plant, the steel arrives, the equipment is specified — and then the schedule quietly slips, not... by Tony Wallace | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most engineers in this industry aren’t ready to hear how quickly the floor is changing — and the ones who are have already noticed that the new automated lines look nothing like the ones they cut their teeth on. If that is you, this one will make sense.... by Tony Wallace | May 25, 2026 | Automation, Automation Contractors Jobs News
Most operations leaders who read what follows will disagree on the first paragraph. The ones who keep reading are the ones who already noticed the shift. One in three automation engineering roles goes unfilled every year in the United States. That statistic has been... 
