Controls Project Engineering Manager

Hitachi • Nashville, TN

68d

About The Position

JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and we’re always looking to get stronger across North America, Europe, and Asia. Join us as a Controls Project Engineering Manager in Nashville, TN as we work together to bring innovative automation solutions to life. This role is onsite at our Nashville, TN facility.

Requirements

• Minimum Experience: 8+ years; 2+ years leading technical projects.
• Minimum Training: Five years designing and implementing control systems in the industrial automation field.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field or Associates degree (2-year) with experience from accredited program (ABET/EAC).
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence engineer's development and progression.
• Breadth and depth of experience to enterprise engineering problems.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to accomplish tasks.
• Able to quickly recognize and fix common engineering problems based on experience, including review / critique of others' work.
• Has experience leading technical projects.
• Has sufficient knowledge to lead others and identify systemic issues that need improvement.
• Proficient in the application of standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures.
• Recognized as an individual that has people centric skills.
• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills with experience presenting to colleagues and company management.
• Speaks effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Demonstrates skills in persuasion and negotiation of critical issues.

Responsibilities

• Develops the Controls Engineering department through leadership, mentoring, and training of controls engineers, and other staff.
• Direct supervision of controls engineers and other staff.
• Manages staffing and workload issues, including managing direct, indirect and overtime hours as they relate to workload, budget, and timing.
• Designs controls equipment to meet customer requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Responsible for leading cross-functional technical teams throughout the lifecycle of various projects.
• Expected to manage several ongoing projects concurrently, including people, travel, customer interactions, etc.
• Assists with the successful management of assigned programs as they relate to cost, quality, timing and customer satisfaction.
• Influences team, department, and business unit decisions.
• Works closely with manager in orchestrating systemic change to improve department efficiency.
• Recognizes and implements significant design and workflow improvements.
• Collaborates with department leadership in executing and creating methods to develop technical talent.
• Independently works with key talent in department to support career progression and personal development.
• Serves as a mentor/coach for developing engineers.
• Able to lead discipline specific teams and influence project direction and progress.
• Viewed as a technical expert and leader in the department.
• Up to 25% travel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees