Solution Design Controls Engineer

Still Sverige Ab; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dematic is seeking a Solution Design Controls Engineer to join the Customer Service Solution Development team to estimate controls solutions for customers. You will design and estimate electrical controls for material handling systems, read schematics and PLC programs, and collaborate to implement improvements.

Travel up to 20% across the United States to customer sites and Dematic locations. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's in Engineering, 5+ years experience in related field, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• 5+ years of controls engineering and material handling experience.
• Experience designing and commissioning automated material handling systems, including electrical design, PLC, HMI, and drives.
• Proficient in Rockwell Automation PLC programming languages with RSLogix.
• Understanding of serial and ethernet communications and protocols.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to forecast and report on project status.

Responsibilities

• Understand design of materials handling systems with electrical controls, programming and software to estimate controls solutions.
• Read schematics and PLC programs; follow-up on technical details.
• Recommend ideas for productivity improvement, cost reduction and customer satisfaction.
• Interchange knowledge for processes and product applications in system design.
• Discuss complex problems with team to provide proper controls solutions for customer requests.
• Travel up to 10–20% to various customer and Dematic locations.

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

RSLogix

Job description

Dematic is hiring a Solution Design Controls Engineer that understands convey/sort applications among portfolio customers to join our Customer Service Solution Development team in estimating solutions for our customers.

We offer:

What You Will do in This Role:

• Understands the design of materials handling systems that integrate electrical controls hardware, programming and software to estimate controls solutions for customers.
• Completes material specification, able to read and comprehend schematics and PLC programs and appropriate follow-up of technical details.
• Completes recommendations for ideas related to productivity improvement, cost reduction and improvement in customer satisfaction.
• Performs technical interchange and knowledge transfer for both processes and application of products to system design.
• Performs full range of standard work for the professional field.
• Discusses complex, unusual problems with other team members to provide proper controls solutions for customer requests.
• Identifies and resolves semi-complex problems and applies problem-solving skills in order to deal with most situations.
• Provides general guidance or training support for professional staff.
• Travels 10% (max 20%) to different Customer and Dematic locations across the United States.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What We are Looking For:

• Bachelor's in Engineering
• 5 years or more of successful experience in related field (controls engineering and material handling)
• Experience in designing and commissioning automated material handling systems, including electrical design, PLC, HMI, and drives.
• Experience with estimating projects preferred (hours required, resources required, etc.)
• Proficient in Rockwell Automation PLC programming languages with the RSLogix software.
• Understanding of serial and ethernet based communications and protocols.
• Material Handling Equipment experience with a focus on conveyance and sortation systems, including PLC hardware upgrades, VFD upgrades, Dematic Flexsort, and industrial networking along with the ability to concept solutions and generate estimates to support Sales requests.
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Able to interpret important areas of standard professional level controls work that typically requires processing and interpreting, more complex, less clearly defined issues.
• Demonstrated ability to determine requirements from customers while selling our ideas
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness and demonstrated ability to stay current with the latest material handling concepts
• Demonstrated ability to manage numerous opportunities and deadlines
• Ability to reliably forecast and report on the status of projects