Controls Lead Engineer

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

• Identify improvements to engineering process and preparing supporting documentation

• Support Sales team during sales phase by providing technical advice, supporting estimation effort, project schedule creation and understanding of required engineering skill set
• Review As sold solution

• Ensure that we have resources from Controls Engineering Team with the right skill set in order to execute the project
• Act as main Controls Engineering point of contact for Project Manager, Site manager, Procurement, Manufacturing, as well as client architect, builder, and design consultants
• Lead project Controls Engineering teams through task allocation and reporting
• Create and update Controls Engineering project status reports, financial forecasts and schedule updates (resources updates); ensuring Controls Engineering cost control
• Document, escalate and manage Controls Engineering project risks (also preparation of Project Status Report / Project Variation Request)
• Ensure all project Quality Gates are met for Controls Engineering
• Conduct regular on-site safety audits when visiting a site; deriving actions
• Identify and propose Lean improvements
• Support lessons learned sessions and project closing

• Ensure that BOMs for Controls Engineering hardware has been done and ordered
• Ensure procurement of parts, manufacturing of cabinets, and tender for electrical installation is executed with accordance to the timeline
• Check and approve specifications for purchase items/services
• Ensure quality of all necessary documentation to execute installation on site (i.e. schematic drawings) has been provided on time
• Manage Completion of Design Risk Assessment and Safety design validation during controls design stage
• Clarify as early as possible definitions on electrical design that impact customer (TNS or TNCS earthing of power supply locations, etc.)
• Ensure that check list for the installation has been done and site is ready for commissioning
• Ensure delivery of emulated PLC programs and device configurations to Pre-commissioning team
• Ensure commissioning plan checklists/test creation and provide the update on the progress
• Transmitting layout, network and schematic drawings to Emulation model building team and Electrical Installation
• Ensure correct transmittal of all Controls Engineering Deliverables to the Customer i.e. layout drawings, network and schematic drawings
• Support/assist with preparation of Functional Description Specifications
• Create Description Of Operation, align with technical team and obtain customer approval
• Ensure the right technical information has been provided for the Customer Service training
• Ensure project technical documentation is completed, including operator manuals
• Ensure that Hazard and Operability Study ( HAZOP) so as risk assessments for the systems and products has been conducted

• Essential: Degree level of understanding in a technical Engineering discipline
• Desirable: Understanding / Qualification in Machinery Safety
• Experience in a similar role is desirable.

• 5+ years hands on experience working within an industrial automation environment
• Experience leading project teams on complex projects
• Good understanding of project plans, project execution and handover processes
• A working understanding of technical manuals & drawings, Mechanical/Electrical
• Working knowledge of ISO standards governing the automated warehouse industry
• Travel approx. 50% (depends on the stage of the project) within EMEA

• Good communication and English skills
• Organisational and Quality Orientation
• Effective and team oriented working style
• Being proactive

• Understanding of MS Project, JIRA, and other project management tools
• Ability to make design decisions on a project
• Understand and use relevant design requirements such as the Machinery Directive and its harmonised standards
• Demonstrates a high passion and drive
• Ambitious and willing to go the extra mile
• Takes responsibility
• Demonstrates courage
• Promotes change
• Learns quickly

Kion Group