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Job Title:

Senior Factory Controls Engineer - Relocation to Indianpolis, IN

Pay Grade:

T4

Job Description:

Primary Purpose of Role:

The Senior Factory Controls Engineer develops technical & design specifications, tests, and oversees the implementation of new equipment to ensure the business unit’s requirements are met and follow the company’s standards. The engineer will support operations’ maintenance, quality, and production personnel in the solving of functional problems and guide maintenance activities to eliminate functionality issues of equipment and systems throughout the entire company, including worldwide facilities. The engineer will design and guide installation activities to retrofit and improve functionality of existing equipment and systems. The engineer will specify and procure test stands, both end of line transmission functional and subassembly, and assembly equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and update system specifications to ensure that new equipment meets business requirements. Provides guidance where deviation from specifications need to be addressed.

• Review machine quotes, prints, approval drawings, and control logic programming to ensure alignment to specifications and process requirements.

• Lead in equipment build process and runoffs to ensure proper system function and alignment to specifications.

• Develop, procure, implement, and support system infrastructure that will be used to communicate between factory floor equipment and business systems.

• Support the training of operations’ maintenance, quality, and production personnel responsible for supporting equipment.

• Support continuous improvement activities within the assembly and test processes.

• Investigate system trends and suggest modifications that provide business benefit.

• Manages large, complex projects autonomously primarily focused on test stands as new products are launched or modifications are made

• Provides guidance and support as needed to peers with less experience / know-how.

• Monitor and control project budget and forecasting metrics.

Key Performance Measures:

• Safety

• Productivity

• Quality

• Responsiveness

• Cost

Competencies and Behaviors:

Required:

• Project management skills and experience involving complex projects.

• Ability to diagnose/troubleshoot any controls system when required, regardless of having prior knowledge or experience.

• Comfortable leading and mentoring peers who may have less experience / skills

• Willingness to work occasional weekends and holidays as project work requires.

• Knowledge of best practices in automotive and equipment manufacturing.

• Comfortable presenting on subject matter to senior leadership

• Familiar with lean manufacturing principles for machining and assembly operations.

• Willingness to be on call on a rotational basis.

Preferred:

• Advanced Microsoft project abilities

Qualifications:

Required :

• Bachelor Degree Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience required.

Preferred:

• Project Management Certification

Experience:

Required :

• 7+ years factory controls experience in manufacturing environment.

• Experience in final transmission functional test stand control systems.

• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, both in troubleshooting and design.

• Experience with the development, implementation, and support of industrial control systems that perform control, monitoring, data acquisition, logging, and alarming functions.

• Experience with Allen-Bradley PAC/PLC control systems.

• Experience with programming of Allen-Bradley HMIs.

• Experience with device communication networks including Allen-Bradley DH+, DeviceNet, RIO, Ethernet IP, etc.

• Experience with leak testing methodologies and systems.

• Experience monitoring & controlling capital budgets.

  Preferred :

• 10+ years factory controls experience in manufacturing environment

• Experience with Bauer Controls.

• Experience with large drive systems, specifically Allen-Bradley and Unico.

• Experience with Allen-Bradley/Cisco industrial networking.

• Experience with vision systems used in assembly process.

• Experience with electric nutrunner fastening systems, specifically Atlas Copco.

• RFID system experience, specifically Balluff.

Scope Factors:

• Fully seasoned professional role: Has extensive experience in a field of study that are accountable for enterprise-wide projects and/or processes.

• Frequently interacts with leadership up direct management chain and direct team members. Occasionally interacts with peers within broader function or across functions.

• Has advanced and specialized expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience.

• Routinely exercises project leadership over complex projects, trains other professionals, or serves as a specialized subject matter expert.

• Proactively identifies, defines, and solves the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business.

• Works autonomously within established procedures and practices.

• Acts as a lead, coordinating the work of others but is not a supervisor.

• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions / best practices.

• Work may impact across multiple cross functional teams and influences management decisions with medium term risk associated with outcomes

Primary Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Additional Locations:

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at ati+ask4max@service-now.com .

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

Allison Transmission is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Our products are specified by more than 300 of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers and are used in a range of market sectors—from bus, refuse and emergency to construction, distribution and defense.

Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company’s global headquarters is still located. We have approximately 1,400 dealer and distributor locations, employ more than 2,700 people around the world and our international presence spans more than 80 countries.

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at 317-242-5000.

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.