Expert Controls Engineer

Dematic; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 128,250 - 188,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation and Benefit

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

Dematic is seeking an Expert Controls Project Engineer to lead engineering deliverables from kickoff to customer acceptance. You will translate customer requirements into actionable tasks for engineering and coordinate across Dematic teams.

Partner with the Project Manager, ME/CE Leads, CoEs, software and suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with high quality. You will track KPIs, prepare reports, and drive continuous improvement through technical reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics engineering.
• 10+ years leading engineering or project management.
• Exceptional customer focus and ability to deliver results.
• Demonstrated problem solver with strong communication.
• Able to navigate a global matrix organization and travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Translate contractual technical requirements into deliverables for engineering teams.
• Identify resources across engineering and with external suppliers and assign tasks.
• Ensure output quality and alignment to established standards.
• Identify and resolve issues impacting engineering tasks and schedule.
• Monitor performance and ensure KPIs are met; deliver work packages on time.
• Serve as main contact for project management, installation, procurement, suppliers, and manufacturing.
• Ensure specifications for third-party components are accurate and complete.
• Provide input on schedule and resource estimates with SIM and line managers.
• Track progress and report updates; support risk management and post-mortems.

Skills

Leadership

Customer focus

Problem solving

Cross-functional collab

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics)

Job description

The Expert Controls Project Engineer manages and oversees all engineering deliverables vital to execute the project from kick-off through customer acceptance. Partnering closely with the Project Manager, the Expert Controls Project Engineer translates the customer technical requirements for the project into defined tasks for Engineering and ensures those tasks are met timely, on budget, and with quality. This role identifies and assigns tasks to appropriate teams and coordinates all activities across Dematic departments such as Engineering, CoEs, Software, and third-party providers. This is a multi-disciplinary role that reports dotted line to a Project Manager and solid line to an Engineering leader!

What We Offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefit
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Translate the project contractual technical requirements into deliverables and tasks for the engineering teams (including design/layout, emulation, order entry, drawings, and commissioning)
• Identify needed resources across engineering teams and with external suppliers and assign tasks across the project team.
• Ensure a high degree of quality of output for all deliverables and the entire solution via alignment to established standards for processes, engineering quality, and standard work.
• Identify and resolve issues that affect engineering tasks to avoid negative impact on the project.
• Monitor and manage project/team performance and ensure KPIs are met.
• Deliver the work package assigned by the Project Manager on time and within budget.
• Act as the main point of contact for project management, installation, procurement, external suppliers, manufacturing, etc. regarding all engineering deliverables.
• Ensure completion of all necessary specifications for third-party components, resale, etc. are accurate and complete; collaborating closely with ME/CE Leads as needed to ensure completion.
• Together with the SIM, provide Solutions Development input on project schedule and engineering resource estimates and availability and influence the use of standard designs.
• Align with line managers about performance, skill set, and availability of project engineering resources.
• Track engineering progress and ensuring project is pacing to schedule; align with ME/CE Leads and SAE as needed to report progress.
• Crafting project status reports, financial forecast, and schedule updates
• Support the project manager in risk management and risk mitigation actions by documenting, escalating, and managing project risk, preparing PSR / PVRs
• Lead technical reviews and conduct post-mortem with PM to feed continuous improvement.

What We Are Looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics).
• Prior experience leading project technical deliverables, prefer material handling project experience.
• 10+ years of experience in engineering or project management
• Exceptional customer focus and ability to deliver results.
• Demonstrated problem solver with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to navigate, influence and operate in a strongly matrixed global organization.
• Ability to travel up to 40%

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $128,250 - $188,100 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

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