Controls Project Engineering Manager

Hitachi•South, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Controls Project Engineering Manager role is a leadership-focused role responsible for guiding and developing a team of controls engineers while overseeing multiple automation projects throughout their lifecycle. The position combines technical expertise in industrial control systems with people leadership, workload management, cross-functional collaboration, and customer engagement to ensure successful project delivery in terms of quality, cost, timing, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate brings extensive automation engineering experience, a proven track record of leading technical teams, and a strong ability to mentor, influence, and develop engineering talent.

Requirements

Minimum Experience: Eight plus years total experience; Two plus years leading technical projects.
Minimum Training: Five years designing and implementing control systems in the industrial automation field.
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.
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 on-going 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.
Designs controls equipment to meet customer requirements, applying engineering principles.
Influences team, department, and business unit decisions.
Works closely with manager in orchestrating systemic change to improve department efficiency.
Influential in assisting engineers in career development and advancement.
Works under minimum oversight from manager.
Exercises independent judgment, innovates, and works autonomously.
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.
Assists the manager in developing the engineering department through leadership and training of other engineers.
Serve 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.