Lead Controls Project Engineer: Deliver Critical Systems

Dematic; Wauwatosa (WI); On-site; USD 108,000 - 158,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Competitive compensation

Pay transparency

Global opportunities

Job summary

Dematic seeks a Senior Controls Project Engineer to manage engineering deliverables from kickoff to customer acceptance. You will translate customer requirements into tasks for engineering, coordinate across Dematic departments, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with quality.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in engineering or PM, a bachelor’s in engineering, and strong client focus. Travel up to 40% may be required in a global, matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 8+ years in engineering or project management.
• Strong customer focus with results delivery.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate technical requirements into engineering deliverables and tasks.
• Identify resources and assign tasks across engineering teams and suppliers.
• Ensure output quality by aligning with standards and processes.
• Identify and resolve issues to avoid project impact.
• Monitor and manage project and team KPIs to meet targets.
• Deliver work packages on time and within budget per PM.
• Serve as main contact for engineering deliverables with PM, installation, procurement.
• Ensure specs for third-party components are complete with ME/CE collaboration.
• Provide input on schedule and resource estimates with SIM; influence standard designs.
• Align performance and skills with line managers; plan resources.
• Track progress and report pacing; update progress with ME/CE Leads and SAE.
• Prepare project status reports, financial forecasts, and schedules.
• Support risk management; document escalation and PSR/PVRs.
• Lead technical reviews and post-mortems for continuous improvement.

Skills

Project leadership

Customer focus

Communication

Problem solving

Matrixed organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Dematic seeks a Senior Controls Project Engineer to manage engineering deliverables from kickoff to customer acceptance. You will translate customer requirements into tasks for engineering, coordinate across Dematic departments, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with quality.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in engineering or PM, a bachelor’s in engineering, and strong client focus. Travel up to 40% may be required in a global, matrixed organization.