Sr. Controls Engineer

Position: SR. CONTROLS ENGINEER
The Senior Controls Engineer position is a senior technical contributor who provides electrical, instrumentation, and controls expertise in the design and commissioning of specialized products. This position allows for a wide degree of creativity and latitude to take the lead on high-impact, complex projects. The Senior Controls Engineer position will oversee project direction from an engineering perspective as well as analyze and provide solutions to challenges.

This position is responsible for selection and maintenance of engineering tools, processes, and procedures. This position will provide guidance and training to other electrical disciplined coworkers throughout the organization. This position supervises, supports, trains and develops other engineers, electricians, and technically disciplined coworkers

Essential Job Functions

* Responsible for coaching, teaching, and supervision of assigned personnel.

* Responsible for effective employee relations. Initiates and is proactive with employee coaching and development. Resolves employee issues through identifying problems and resolutions.

* Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals while adhering to their responsibilities.

* Responsible for the performance management (hiring, development, discipline, termination) of direct reports while collaborating with Human Resources.

* Responsible for building and maintaining business relationships, which includes working with all levels of the organization.

* Serve as the technical lead for electrical, instrumentation, and controls scope as it pertains to all phases of the business including system design, documentation, submittals, purchasing, assembly, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

* Work cross-functionally with others and lead meetings to determine needs, evaluate project progress, troubleshoot challenges, and execute according to the assigned to project.

* Oversee transition and assignment of new projects to direct reports.

* Perform programming activities through Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC) and/or Operator Interface Terminal (OIT) for Pyro Pure specific projects.

* Configure and program instrumentation as required to complete projects.

* Collaborate with customers as required to promote successful project execution, including but not limited to discussion with customer engineers and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) Protocol execution.

* Assist with and review industrial control panel layout, electrical conduit routing, cable specification, 3D modeling, and electrical schematics.

* Verify designs for accuracy, constructability, consistency with project requirements, and alignment with applicable standards and internal design practices.

* Support business unit in all aspects of sales, engineering, operations, and service.

* Provide support while achieving optimum use of workers, equipment, materials, and facilities.

* Responsible for evaluating and vetting contractors to ensure they meet project requirements, technical expectations, safety standards, and schedule demands.

* Clearly define contractor scope of work, align expectations prior to project execution, coordinate with internal stakeholders, and provide oversight throughout the work to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance with project specifications.

* Support service team including some periodic travel to troubleshoot and repair units on site as required.

* Collaborate with all coworkers of the business unit to provide necessary support to meet the required objectives.

* Support the business unit in providing information as part of the Open Book Management style of business for forecasting purposes when applicable.

* Responsible for managing engineering and manufacturing project priorities, manpower planning, contractor coordination, and project management communication across multiple large projects simultaneously.

* Responsible for accurate tracking of daily units of completion and reporting for revenue recognition.

* Outline and present proposed training needs for new employees in engineering, service, and production as it applies to this field of discipline. Assists with training when required.

* Leverage knowledge of Lead Engineer in regard to design and structural methodology, skills, and tools.

* Collaborate with other professional disciplines throughout the business on technical inquiries and needs.

* Drive and execute continuous improvement ideas and projects to improve efficiency, improve manufacturability and reduce rework.

* Ensure lessons learned applied to future efforts.

* Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

* Travel including international, could be up to 15% as required by the project or other needs

* Must have a valid driver's license.

* Regular, in-person attendance due to necessary teamwork and personal interactive nature of this position.

* The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

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