Controls Project Engineer (Airport)

Daifuku•Novi, MI

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America, a group company of Daifuku in Japan, which is the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods at warehouses. We are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls. Daifuku Airport America Corporation (Daifuku) is the world-class leader in the design, build, and installation of large-scale, airport baggage conveyor security systems. This division specializes in traditional baggage systems as well as innovative airport material handling. Our Controls Project Engineers average 15 years of experience because we value mentorship, growth, collaboration, and flexibility. Members of our team view our work as a career. We can offer you the opportunity to bring your creativity to our innovative systems. Be a part of the best, most experienced team in the industry. The company is currently seeking an experienced Controls Project Engineer.

Requirements

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology, including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of systems and services.
Knowledge of the project management life-cycle from requirements gathering through design and implementation.
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate course.
Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Listening to, understanding, and communicating information and ideas through spoken or written words and sentences.
The ability to tell when something is wrong, or is likely to go wrong, even if the solution to the problem is not obvious.
Strong attention to detail.
Thorough and diligent in one’s duties. Recognizes tasks that need to be completed and facilitates the completion of those tasks independently.
Customer sites are located throughout the country; the selected candidate for this role will need to travel for commissioning of control systems and on-site engineering tasks that cannot be accomplished from our office.
On occasion off-shift work may be necessary to support commissioning efforts.
BSEE, E.T. or relevant technical degree, or equivalent relevant work experience.
Five (5) years of experience in industrial automation controls design and commissioning.
Experience managing a project and related people resources.
Scheduling and estimating experience required.
Experience with Allen Bradley PLC Programming (ControlLogix).
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Remain stationary for 50% of the time; move/traverse throughout the office to access file cabinets and office equipment; operate a computer and other productivity machinery; inspect documents; communicate with others through talking/hearing; read/identify/assess forms and correspondence.

Nice To Haves

Experience within the material handling industry, preferred.
Experience with material handling equipment, preferred.
Baggage handling experience, preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages the controls development and delivery of airport baggage security systems.
Partners with the project manager, engineering staff, and customer to deliver a successful project.
Leads a team designing electrical device layouts, control panel drawings, wiring schematics, descriptions of operations, PLC programming, and graphical reporting systems.
Supervises a team of Controls Engineer employees including performance reviews, timecards, and adherence to employment requirements.
Executes projects from conception through client handover.
Coordinates a team of controls engineers and detailers in cooperation with a mechanical engineering team and project management.
Manages requirements, integration, and configuration changes throughout projects.
Engages team members by delegation of work both on a long-term and day-to-day basis.
Creatively solves problems to optimize resources, scheduling, and budget.
Meets timelines to ensure projects stay on schedule and on budget.
Coaches team members on project execution and proposes technical solutions for complex problems.
Oversees system functionality and technical quality of automated applications.
Attends design review meetings with the customer.
Supports proposals and customer inquiries.
Estimates new project work.
Identifies and implements improvement initiatives.