What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controls Engineering Manager position at Daifuku?
Overview
About Us
Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation is a leading provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs a full spectrum of intralogistics solutions to meet client needs. These include leading-edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice- and light-directed order fulfillment equipment, a suite of warehouse controls & execution software, robotics, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), mezzanines, and structures, all backed by critical round-the-clock service and support.
If you want to join a team of industry leading experts who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!
Job Summary
The Controls Engineering Manager leads and manages a team of controls engineers that design, develop, and implement material handling systems. Supports the Corporate Executive team by providing technical information, guidance, and product knowledge while performing related work as required.
Responsibilities
- Performs diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibility
- Combines an extensive professional background and ability to coordinate departmental work
- Manages a team of engineers, including recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures
- Achieves electrical engineering operational objectives by contributing electrical engineering information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing projects, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining administrative system improvements; implementing change
- Reviews customer specifications and scope documentation for quotation and clarification
- Performs regular process checks and reviews of the output of the engineering team
- Provides direction and training to junior-level staff for continued professional growth
Qualifications
- Combination of training and experience providing required knowledge, skills and abilities, such as Bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls engineering or a related engineering field with minimum of 5 years of increasingly responsible experience in professional engineering design and project execution experience, including minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience
- Minimum of 10 years of related experience is preferred
- Knowledge of industrial automation
- Proficient with AutoCAD
- Excellent management skills for directing, coaching, scheduling, and assisting team members
- Ability to lead a team and accomplish project goals effectively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to interact effectively with executives, engineers, sales people, vendors, and peers
- Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and deadlines
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- Creative-thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to learn new technologies
- Self-motivated
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