Engineering Specialist - Controls

Ford Motor; Oakville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Engineering Specialist in Controls, where you'll spearhead innovative automation projects and enhance manufacturing efficiency. You'll leverage your technical expertise to troubleshoot and improve systems while collaborating in a dynamic environment focused on excellence. This position offers a pathway to impact through cutting-edge technology and teamwork.

Benefits

Culturally diverse workforce

Accommodations for disability available

Qualifications

• 2 years of Controls experience is required.
• Ability to read blueprints and modify electrical schematics.
• Familiar with TQM and Kaizen methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead problem-solving for tooling equipment and automation projects.
• Coordinate resources to find root cause and fixes.
• Communicate effectively with team members and business partners.

Skills

PLC logic and controls

Electrical background

Continuous improvement

Automation troubleshooting

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree in technical related field or Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Vis Plant monitoring software

Job description

Imagine seeing your work on highways and job sites everywhere you go in the finest trucks ever made.

Imagine leading the formation of a new stamping facility operating as if it were a startup leveraging the strength of a global heritage brand.

Imagine the opportunity to use your leadership and technical skills to build a winning team from the ground up.

Imagine deploying stateoftheart technology within a centre of excellence thats not just bestinclass for Ford but best in the world.

Imagine the career journey of a lifetime.

As an Engineering Specialist in Controls you will lead problemsolving to assist plants and implementation teams resolve tooling equipment and conveyor performance issues and downtime. You will utilize and leverage Vis Plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation as well as review and follow up on automation projects and installations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate resources to find root cause and fixes manage and breakdown problems into items that can be validated using proper validation methods
• Highly committed to continuous improvement while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset
• Program new installations of automation machinery material handling and robots.
• Use Vis Plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation review and follow up automation projects and installations
• Update program equipment for engineering changes and improvements and program backups for machinery and automation
• Troubleshoot PLC robot and other automation problems
• As part of a team review risk assessments and evaluate equipment safety
• Communicate effectively with hourly team members leaders business partners and customers.
• Administer the negotiated collective agreement consistently and effectively
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours including nights and weekends

Qualifications

• Allen Bradley Panel View use / programming AB Servo and AB VFD drives
• Familiarity with VFDs Servo Drives Armor starts encoders network / ethernet
• Familiar with PLC / CNC (Siemens / AllenBradley) VFD Servo Profinet ABB and FANUC Robots
• Ability to read blueprints modify electrical schematics and use AutoCAD
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment and continuously evaluate for process improvements
• Understanding of 8D FMEA and DMAIC processes
• Familiar with TQM and Kaizen methods
• Knowledge of simulation modeling and visual factory management preferred.
• Strong understanding of networking to include DH Ethernet and remote IO
• Education :

High school diploma or GED

• Experience :

Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls

• Electrical background (electrician or technician)
• 2 years of Controls experience

Preferred Requirements

• Education :

Bachelors Degree in technical related field or Engineering

• Electrical background (electrician or technician) preferred
• Experience :
• Experience with conveyor system programming
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience
• Prior work experience in unionized manufacturing environment

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment selection and / or assessment processes where needed are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.

Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Manufacturing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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