Manager - Lead Automation & Integration

Jungheinrich; Bhiwandi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jungheinrich in India seeks a Pre-Sales Support & Solution Engineering professional to translate customer requirements into robust control solutions and integration scopes. You will prepare costed estimates spanning PLCs, panels, field devices, safety systems, and HMI/SCADA interfaces, and review supplier proposals for technical completeness and risk.

You will define solution architecture boundaries and collaborate across ERP, WMS, WES, and related systems.

Responsibilities

• Support customer discussions and translate requirements into practical controls, software, and integration scopes.
• Prepare budgetary and detailed estimates covering PLCs, panels, field devices, safety systems, industrial networks, HMI/SCADA, software interfaces, engineering, testing, and commissioning.
• Review supplier proposals for technical completeness, compliance, exclusions, interfaces, and risks.
• Define supply boundaries and support solution architecture, controls philosophy, interface concepts, scope documents, and technical proposal inputs.
• Coordinate interfaces among ERP, WMS, WES, WCS, PLC systems, ASRS equipment, conveyors, cranes, and AGVs/AMRs.

Job description

Pre-Sales Support & Solution Engineering

• Support customer discussions and translate requirements into practical controls, software, and integration scopes.
• Prepare budgetary and detailed estimates covering PLCs, panels, field devices, safety systems, industrial networks, HMI/SCADA, software interfaces, engineering, testing, and commissioning.
• Review supplier proposals for technical completeness, compliance, exclusions, interfaces, and risks.
• Define supply boundaries and support solution architecture, controls philosophy, interface concepts, scope documents, and technical proposal inputs.

2. Supplier Identification & Technical Evaluation

• Develop and maintain a capable supplier network for PLC and controls engineering, WCS/WES, conveyor and ASRS controls, AGV/AMR integration, HMI/SCADA, and industrial networking.
• Assess supplier competence, capacity, references, standards, documentation, service capability, and commercial competitiveness.
• Conduct technical bid comparisons, support negotiations, and establish reusable cost benchmarks and estimation templates.

3. Controls & Software Integration Engineering

• Define and review controls and integration architecture, including PLC hardware, I/O, industrial networks, communication protocols, HMI concepts, and safety interfaces.
• Coordinate interfaces among ERP, WMS, WES, WCS, PLC systems, ASRS equipment, conveyors, cranes, shuttle systems, sortation, AGVs/AMRs, and peripheral equipment.
• Review FDS, interface specifications, I/O lists, electrical drawings, and supplier software design documents.
• Support interface mapping, data-point definition, exception handling, test-case preparation, and end-to-end validation.

4. Project Execution & Implementation

• Act as technical owner for controls, software, and system integration during project execution.
• Monitor engineering deliverables, interface milestones, approvals, testing plans, supplier actions, risks, deviations, change requests, and open points.
• Coordinate with customer IT/OT teams, equipment suppliers, software partners, global stakeholders, project managers, and site teams.
• Lead or support design reviews, FAT, interface testing, SAT, commissioning, ramp-up, performance testing, and handover.
• Ensure completeness of final documentation, source-code handover requirements, backups, licences, manuals, test records, and training deliverables.

5. Localization & Capability Development

• Develop standard controls concepts, specifications, checklists, architectures, and BOMs for AWE projects in India.
• Support standardization of PLCs, drives, safety devices, sensors, panels, networking components, and field hardware.
• Drive localization, value engineering, cost optimization, make-or-buy assessments, and lessons learned for future projects.

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