Senior Controls Engineer

Dematic; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 158,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation and Benefit

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

Dematic’s Senior Controls Project Engineer oversees engineering deliverables from kickoff to customer acceptance, translating requirements into tasks for engineering teams and coordinating with Project Management, CoEs, Software, and third-party providers. This multi-disciplinary role reports to Engineering leadership and requires 8+ years in engineering or PM with strong customer focus and communication skills.

The position involves traveling up to 40% in a global matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Experience leading project technical deliverables.
• 8+ years in engineering or project management.
• Strong customer focus and results-oriented.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a global matrixed organization.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Translate contractual technical requirements into deliverables for engineering teams.
• Identify resources across engineering and external suppliers and assign tasks.
• Ensure output quality aligns with established standards and processes.
• Identify and resolve issues to avoid negative project impact.
• Monitor and manage project performance and KPIs.
• Deliver work packages on time and within budget.
• Serve as main liaison for project management, installation, procurement, and manufacturing.
• Ensure specifications for third-party components are complete and accurate.
• Provide input on schedule and resource estimates with SIM and design teams.
• Align resource planning with line managers on performance and availability.
• Track progress and report status to ME/CE Leads and SAE as needed.
• Craft project status reports, forecasts, and schedule updates.
• Support risk management with PSR/PVRs and post-mortems for continuous improvement.

Skills

8+ years of experience

Exceptional customer focus

Excellent communication skills

Matrixed global organization

Willingness to travel up to 40%

Lead project technical deliverables

Education

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

Job description

The Senior 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 Senior 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

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 $108,000 - $158,400 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa now or in the future.

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.
• 8+ 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%