Controls Engineering Manager
Dematic has an immediate need for a Controls Engineering Manager to manage a team of project execution engineers within our Lifecycle Solutions and Services Project Engineering team. The successful candidate will have 5+ years of experience leading Controls engineers on various size and complexity projects in the material handling and logistics automation industry. Candidates with demonstrated success in team leadership roles is a must, and experience with material handling systems and / or logistics automation is preferred. The Manager of Controls Engineering will be involved with managing day-to-day tactical project execution, assessing and growing team capabilities, working across other engineering disciplines and department functions to ensure project-wide alignment, and helping drive strategic initiatives and continuous improvement opportunities.
Tasks and Qualifications : What you will do in this role :
- Own project performance and outcomes of direct engineering team
- Provide coaching and guidance to help ensure team member and project success
- Ensure project targets are met for quality, on-time delivery, and cost. Anticipate issues and address proactively
- Provide regular reporting of project performance and status to management and peers
- Maintain accurate monthly forecasting across assigned projects
- Proactively manage direct project budgets and indirect department budgets
- Provide input to annual budget regarding staffing, indirect spending, etc
- Attend project turnovers and assess projects for technical, cost, and schedule risks prior to execution team deployment
- Make project staffing decisions based on team skills, project priorities, and customer visibility
- Maintain utilization for individual contributors and coordinate level-loading of team members
- Participate in pre-sale technical reviews with Sales and Solution Development teams
- Look for opportunity to reduce project risks and develop awareness of customer expectations and demands
- Analyzes and understands impact of decisions on business operations
- Appraise and recommend changes in current processes or procedures
- Effectively recruit, on-board, and integrate new hires into the Project Engineering Organization
- Drive continuous talent development and performance evaluation through completion of formal yearly OCTR (Organization Capability and Talent Review) and Goal Setting processes
- Provide coaching and mentoring, gap assessment and training, and team member empowerment
- Create and maintain a culture of strong integrity, communication and collaboration within the team
- Set clear expectations and grow team members to be role-models throughout Dematic and externally with Customers
- Maintain a Safety-First culture and a compliance to...
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