Controls Engineering Team Lead

Role Overview

• General supervision, training, and guidance of all Controls engineering designers that are part of his/her team.
• Collaborates with Applications Engineering team in support of proposals and owns the jobs won from concept to through-life support.
• Works with other members of the project team, both ATS and non-ATS, to develop a controls architecture that provides the functionality required, based on ATS standards and the customers controls specifications.
• Participates in development and implementation of tools, methods and modules ensuring standards maintained.
• Continuously improve methods and tools for integrating controls technology, driving enhanced safety and functionality.
• Ensure that cost and schedule budgets are adhered to or improved upon.
• Assign his/her team to the day to day direct labour activities.
• Ensure, checks and approves that all work product produced by his/her design team members are acceptable based on the functionality, adherence to standards, accuracy, completeness, and consideration for safety.
• Approve all material requisitions for projects assigned to his/her team.
• Maintain labour, material and schedule forecast information and any appropriate execution improvement plans provided to Program Management for programs assigned to his/her team.
• Ensure that scheduled milestones relating to controls engineering design and integration are achieved.
• Provides primary technical assessments of team members to the department manager for performance evaluations with current and future personnel.
• Collaborate with Controls Managers to set goals and manage successful performance for his/her team members.
• Leads and mentors his/her team members.
• Reviews and evaluates new controls related products to provide a cost effective, and up-to-date controls solution.
• Works with team members, customers, project managers, designers, toolmakers, and electricians to solve problems in order to provide the customer with a product or service compliant with their requirements.
• Ensure that all employees, under their direction, are aware of, and follow all Health and Safety procedures, established by the Company.

Requirements

• A post-secondary diploma, degree or equivalent qualification, specializing in electrical, mechanical or software controls technology.
• Demonstrated experience in an industrial development environment, producing controls for automated assembly systems.
• Proven leadership qualities including; good oral and written communication skills, ability to work with and motivate team members, and a willingness to take responsibility for key aspects needed for job completion.
• Hands-on experience in programming and trouble-shooting with current PLC hardware, and programming software.

Tech Stack

• Assembly

Benefits

• Annual Performance-Based Incentive Bonus
• 5% RRSP match
• Stock purchase plan
• Starting 3 weeks of vacation
• Benefits package (health and dental) + $600 health spending account
• Half-Day Fridays
• Continuous learning and career growth with global mobility opportunities
• A chance to contribute to something bigger
• advancing the future of healthcare through automation.