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About this Senior Solution Design Controls Engineer role at KION Group

KION Group · Onsite · Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Dematic is hiring a Solution Design Controls Engineer that understands ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems) with a focus on Storage and Retrieval Machines and their on-board and off-board control systems to join our Customer Service Solution Development team in estimating solutions for our customers.

We offer:

What We Offer:

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

 

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer

 

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $120,000 - $145,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will do in This Role:

  • Understands the design of complex systems that integrate electrical controls hardware, programming and software to estimate complete controls solutions for customers.
  • Completes complex material specification, able to read and comprehend schematics and PLC programs and appropriate follow-up of technical details.
  • Completes recommendations for ideas related to productivity improvement, cost reduction and improvement in customer satisfaction.
  • Participates in providing estimates for semi-complex projects to the solution development team.
  • Performs complex technical interchange and knowledge transfer for both processes and application of products to system design.
  • Performs full range of standard work for the professional field.
  • Explains and discusses complex, unusual problems to other team members to provide proper controls solutions for customer requests.
  • Identifies and resolves more complex problems and applies problem-solving skills in order to deal with most situations.
  • Provides general guidance or training support for professional staff.
  • Travels 10% (max 20%) to different Customer and Dematic locations across the United States. 

 

 

What We are Looking For:

  • Bachelor's in Engineering
  • 8 years or more of successful experience in related field (controls engineering and material handling)
  • Experience in designing and commissioning automated material handling systems, including electrical design, PLC, HMI, drive and motion controls.
  • Experience with estimating projects (hours required, resources required, etc.)
  • Proficient in Rockwell Automation PLC programming languages with the RSLogix software.
  • Proficient with Siemens PLC's and Siemen's drives
  • Experience with AC and DC drive systems.
  • Good understanding of serial and ethernet based communications and protocols.
  • Material Handling Equipment experience with a focus on Storage and Retrieval Machines including their on-board and off-board control systems as well as split case palletizing, and pallet conveyor along with the ability to concept solutions and generate estimates to support Sales requests.
  • Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, etc.)
  • Able to interpret important areas of standard professional level controls work that typically requires processing and interpreting, more complex, less clearly defined issues.
  • This includes the application of industrial controls related to Material Handling equipment (SRM, pallet conveyor, specialized Dematic equipment such as Dematic Multishuttle, etc.).
  • Demonstrated ability to determine requirements from customers while selling our ideas
  • Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Willingness and demonstrated ability to stay current with the latest material handling concepts
  • Demonstrated ability to manage numerous opportunities and deadlines
  • Ability to reliably forecast and report on the status of projects

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How this Controls Engineer salary compares

This role pays $132,500/yrabove the typical range for Controls Engineer roles.

$83,000 median $107,875 $133,200

Typical range $96,113–$131,050/yr, from 11 comparable Controls Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Controls Engineer salary insights →

About KION Group

KION brands keep the world moving – globally, regionally, and locally. KION is the Supply Chain Solutions Company. With over 42,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we enable smart, sustainable, and reliable supply chains worldwide - wherever goods are stored, moved, or delivered. KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready. Our international brands, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli and our regional brands, Fenwick and OM , stand for outstanding technological innovation, intelligent automation and service excellence in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Dematic complements this expertise with state-of-the-art automatio

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