Manager- Controls Engineering

Job Description

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.

Manages the initiation and execution of global Controls solutions and support for Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES). Relationship management with business executives and stakeholders, and resource management of MES Solutions and Operations Electrical & Controls Engineers.

Manages the initiation and execution of global Controls solutions and support for Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES). Relationship management with business executives and stakeholders, and resource management of MES Solutions and Operations Electrical & Controls Engineers.

• Minimum 10 years of related work experience
• 2 – 4 years of Lead experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent years of work experience

• Accomplished Communication Skills – polished acumen in writing, speaking, hosting meetings and delivering presentations, demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, assist with conflict resolution, and build consensus across the organization and between cross-functional teams.
• Business Analysis Expertise – Provide the bridge from business needs to software solutions. Expert-level ability to understand and translate business strategy, capabilities and requirements into high-level solution requirements.
• Project and Portfolio Management Skills – Successful track record of project and program management and/or supervision of project managers for complex projects. Enterprise capital budget planning and estimating of software development projects. Agile/Scrum understanding (Scrum Master Certification highly desired). Project management tool expertise required (Planview, Remedy, MS Project desired). Experience with international deployments and support activities.
• Technical Solution Understanding - Competence and familiarity with the capabilities, trade-offs and design principles of modern software solution architectures. Successful track record of innovative and breakthrough solutions introducing new technology, lowering total cost of ownership, improving solution reliability and accelerating business value delivery.
• Understanding and demonstrated competence in:
  • Industrial I/O networks
  • integration of plant floor systems
  • Qualified automation systems include PLC-based control, HMI screens, PC-based applications, and robotics. Experience in managing automation resources in a manufacturing environment is required.
  • Ladder-based PLC programming and applications, including Allen-Bradley and Siemens brand systems
  • Computer operating systems and software applications
  • Relational databases and PC-based console applications
  • Electrical engineering practices and standards
  • LOTO procedures and safety
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) understanding desired
  • Cloud solutions understanding desired
  • Message Queuing understanding desired
  • SQL Server Relational Database Applications (Required)
  • OPC Manufacturing connectivity (highly desired)
  • ITIL (ITSM Foundation Certification required)
  • Lean Six-Sigma understanding (desired)
  • Theory-Of-Constraints (TOC) understanding highly desired.
  • Failure-Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) applied understanding desired.
• Commercial Off-the Shelf (COTS) Software and Contract Software Development Integration Skills – Demonstrated expertise at performing industry/vendor searches, ranked functional scorecards, vendor evaluations, RFP analyses and contributing to contract negotiations. Successful track record of managing…