APUS Controls Project Engineer (Airport)

Daifuku Co., Ltd.; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Daifuku Co., Ltd. is looking for a Controls Project Engineer to manage controls development for airport baggage security systems. This role involves leading a team in designing electrical layouts, control panel drawings, and programming.

The ideal candidate will have a relevant technical degree and at least five years of experience in industrial automation controls design and commissioning, demonstrating excellent time management and detail-oriented skills. This position may require travel for client projects.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in industrial automation controls design and commissioning.
• Experience managing projects and resources.
• Knowledge of engineering science and technology principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage the controls development and delivery of airport baggage security systems.
• Lead a team designing electrical device layouts and control panel drawings.
• Engage team members by delegating work effectively.

Skills

Time Management

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Detail Oriented

Education

BSEE, E.T. or relevant technical degree

Job description

Overview

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America a group company of Daifuku in Japan - the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods at warehouses. We are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls.

Daifuku Airport America Corporation (Daifuku) is the world class leader in design, build, and installation of large scale, airport baggage conveyor security systems. This division specialize in traditional baggage systems as well as innovative airport material handling.

Our Controls Project Engineers average 15 years of experience because we value mentorship, growth, collaboration, and flexibility. Members of our team view our work as a career. We can offer you the opportunity to bring your creativity to our innovative systems. Be a part of the best, most experienced team in the industry.

The company is currently seeking an experienced Controls Project Engineer.

Responsibilities

The Project Engineer manages the controls development and delivery of airport baggage security systems. You will partner with the project manager, engineering staff and our customer to deliver a successful project. You will lead a team designing electrical device layouts, control panel drawings, wiring schematics, descriptions of operations, PLC programming, and graphical reporting systems.

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Supervising a team of Controls Engineer employees including performance revies, timecards, and adherence to employment requirements.
• Executing projects from conception through client handover.
• Coordinating a team of controls engineers and detailers in cooperation with a mechanical engineering team and project management.
• Managing requirements, integration, and configuration changes throughout projects.
• Engaging team members by delegation of work both on a long term and on a day-to-day basis.
• Creatively solving problems to optimize resources, scheduling, and budget.
• Meet timelines to ensure projects stay on schedule and on budget.
• Coachingteam members on project execution and proposing technical solutions for complex problems.
• Overseeing system functionality and technical quality of automated applications.
• Attend design review meetings with the customer.
• Support proposals and customer inquiries. Estimate new project work.
• Identifying and implementing improvement initiatives.
• 20% Travel

Basic Knowledge

• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of systems and services.
• Project Execution – Knowledge of project management life-cycle from requirements gathering through design and implementation.
• English Language— Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Qualifications

Basic Skills & Abilities

• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate course.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition — Listening to, understanding, and communicating information and ideas through spoken or written words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong, or is likely to go wrong, even if the solution to the problem is not obvious.
• Detail Oriented – Strong attention to detail.
• Conscientiousness – Thorough and diligent in one’s duties. Recognizes tasks that need to be completed and facilitates the completion of those tasks independently.
• Customer sites are located throughout the country; the selected candidate for this role will need totravel for commissioning of control systems and on-site engineering tasks that cannot be accomplished from our office.On occasion off-shift work may be necessary to support commissioning efforts.

Education & Experience

• BSEE, E.T. or relevant technical degree, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Five (5) years of experience in industrial automation controls design and commissioning.
• Experience managing a project and related people resources.