Controls Engineering Manager

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The Opportunity:

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 worlds leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and were always looking to get stronger across North America Europe and Asia. Join us as a Controls Engineering Manager in Ogden UT as we work together to bring innovative automation solutions to life.

Location Type: This position is on site in Ogden UT.

What We Offer:

• Competitive wages medical benefits starting your first day and paid parental leave

• Opportunity to work on customized 1-of-1 automation projects

• A collaborative engineering-driven environment

• Career growth and skill development opportunities

• A role where craftsmanship and quality truly matter

• Work with cutting edge and innovative technologies

Role Overview

The Controls 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.

How Youll Make an Impact:

• 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.

• Up to 25% travel.

Note: This list of responsibilities is inclusive; however it is intended to be a guideline for activities.

What Youll Bring:

• 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 engineers 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

Company Overview:

At JR Automation A Hitachi Group Company we discover potential reimagine limits and advance industry. When faced with a problem we find a solution. Together we push whats possible to automate for tomorrow.

Join our team of 2000 at one of our 20 facilities around the world and be a part of the most experienced team of advanced automation integrators.

Fueled by Possible.

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