Senior Controls Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Overview: Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible      for major equipment rebuilds involving the layout of scope of work      required, supervision of personnel and final documentation of work      performed.
• Develop      and monitor equipment functions.
• Design      for new installations and organize install upon design approval. Research      and develop new technologies to enhance and preserve equipment and improve      efficiency.
• Reviews      and establishes key components as inventory items.
• Identifies      outside sources for specialized mechanical needs and labor if needed.
• Plans      and implements engineering program, including defining the project      philosophy, activities, milestones, and staff requirements, per customer      requirements. Review new business opportunities and participate in APQP      process.
• Develops      and maintains a schedule and budget for the assigned engineering project.
• Provides      reports on the status of project milestones and adjusts schedules      accordingly.
• Track      and establish rebuild cycles for equipment.
• Controls      expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Identifies      project staffing requirements and coordinates staffing with supporting      organization managers.
• Coordinates      preparation and delivery of project deliverables, design documents, and      bid packages.
• Assigns      and oversees project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project      such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications      and technical plans, and product testing.
• Reviews      product design for compliance with engineering principles, company      standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Coordinates      activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and      resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Directs      integration of technical activities and products.
• Evaluates      and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Prepares      interim and completion project reports.
• Provides      status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management.
• Identify      and develop key personnel for rebuilding equipment. Train others as      required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job may have supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering. 6-10 years related experience preferred. Demonstrated the ability to perform Upsetter Machine Rebuilds and Electrical Maintenance is preferred.

Key Competencies

Communication Skills:

• Ability      to effectively report relevant data and job specific information as needed
• Ability      to provide detailed descriptions through written and verbal communication      work and machine conditions and status
• Ability      work independently and within a team with supervision as required.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability      to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms,      quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability      to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution,      determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance,      correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

Computer Skills:

• To      perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of      Design software; Project Management software and Spreadsheet software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• City      of Cleveland Electrical Class II license a plus.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Must      be proficient with CAD
• SolidWorks      experience a plus (load and stress analysis capabilities in software)
• High      degree of data management and organization skills

Other Qualifications:

• Heavy      equipment rebuild experience required.
• Demonstrated      successful project management leadership from start to completion.

Physical Demands:

• Stand,      walk, push, pull, squat, bend, and reach during shifts
• Use      carts, dollies, cranes and jacks to transport material if needed
• Must      be able to regularly lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
• Climbing      ladders and stairs to reach work at potential heights of 30 ft or more
• Navigate      narrow walkways, confined spaces and overhead mezzanines
• Tolerate      potentially extreme temperature fluctuations impacted by weather and      machinery
• Acclimate      to high noise and vibration levels in work spaces
• Wear      and adhere to all PPE guidelines including hard hats, protective eye wear,      ear plugs, and approved footwear with metatarsal and steel toe safeguards.
• Comfortable      working in confined work environments

Work Environment:

The Equipment Rebuild & Controls Engineering Manager interacts with historic machinery throughout the facility which often involves proximity to heat, noise, debris, conveyance systems and other potentially dangerous equipment. The Equipment Rebuild & Controls Engineering Manager will encounter high levels of floor and overhead traffic due to material transportation throughout the facility which can cause high levels of vibration and airborne disturbances. There are areas of paved and unpaved walkway, active shipping lanes and occasionally standing water to be cautious of.

Benefits

• Company-matched      401(k) program
• Profit      sharing opportunities
• Robust      wellness program offered which promotes a healthy lifestyle and work-life      balance
• Comprehensive      health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Competitive      salary packages
• Generous      paid time off and vacation policies
• Ongoing      professional development opportunities and training programs

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, protected veteran status or disability.