Senior Controls Project Leader

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

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.