JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is looking to deliver customer success worldwide by providing intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products.
Requirements
- Minimum Training: Five years designing and implementing control systems in the industrial automation field.
- Proficient in the application of standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures.
- Has experience leading technical projects.
- Has sufficient knowledge to lead others and identify systemic issues that need improvement.
- Able to quickly recognize and fix common engineering problems based on experience, including review / critique of others' work.
- Recognized as an individual that has people centric skills.
- Breadth and depth of experience to enterprise engineering problems.
Responsibilities
- Develops the Controls Engineering department through leadership, mentoring, and training of controls engineers, and other staff.
- Direct supervision of controls engineers and other staff.
- Manages staffing and workload issues, including managing direct, indirect and overtime hours as they relate to workload, budget, and timing.
- Designs controls equipment to meet customer requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
- Responsible for leading cross-functional technical teams throughout the lifecycle of various projects.
- Expected to manage several on-going projects concurrently, including people, travel, customer interactions, etc.
- Assists with the successful management of assigned programs as they relate to cost, quality, timing and customer satisfaction.
Other
- Minimum Experience: 8+ years; 2+ years leading technical projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field or Associates degree (2-year) with experience from accredited program (ABET/EAC)
- Up to 25% travel.
- Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills with experience presenting to colleagues and company management.
- Demonstrates skills in persuasion and negotiation of critical issues
