Controls Engineering Manager

Position Overview

The Controls Engineering Manager is responsible for the overall operational, technical, and strategic leadership of the Controls Engineering Department. This position directs the development of electrical schematics, control panel designs, PLC/HMI software development, robotics, machine vision, and commissioning for custom automated assembly systems.

This role provides technical governance, resource planning, and team mentorship. The ideal candidate brings extensive background in custom assembly automation, mastery of Allen-Bradley architectures, direct integration experience with Fanuc robotics and industrial vision systems, and the ability to drive customer design reviews and project schedules.

Key Responsibilities

1. Department Leadership & Operational Execution

• Resource Allocation & Scheduling: Direct daily operations of the controls engineering team. Plan, schedule, and balance engineering hours across active build cycles (schematic design, panel build support, programming, shop-floor debug, and runoff).

• Team Development & Mentorship: Supervise, evaluate, and mentor controls engineers and programmers. Serve as the primary technical sounding board and escalation point to unblock team members during machine debug.

• Standardization & Best Practices: Develop, implement, and maintain departmental standards for 2D AutoCAD drafting (symbol blocks, drawing templates, layer structures) and Rockwell/Fanuc/vision programming architectures.

• Process Improvement: Identify and resolve workflow bottlenecks between electrical design, mechanical engineering, panel build, and shop-floor assembly.

2. Technical Governance & Integration Oversight

• Schematic & Design Approval: Review and sign off on all multi-sheet electrical, pneumatic, and safety circuit drawing packages generated in standard 2D AutoCAD. Ensure accurate manual cross-referencing, proper wire/device labeling, and rigorous BOM generation.

• Core Automation Platforms: Govern all software development within the Rockwell / Allen-Bradley environment (Studio 5000, ControlLogix, GuardLogix safety routines, FactoryTalk View ME/SE, EtherNet/IP, and Kinetix motion).

• Robotics & Machine Vision: Oversee the integration, programming standards, and troubleshooting of Fanuc robotics (handling/assembly applications) and machine vision systems (Keyence and Cognex inspection, guidance, and identification systems).

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all machine wiring, control panels, and safety interlocks strictly comply with NFPA 79, NFPA 70 (NEC), and UL 508A requirements.

3. Commercial Alignment & Customer Interfacing

• Customer Design Reviews: Lead customer controls design reviews, establishing technical authority and securing formal sign-offs on drawings, safety concepts, and sequences of operation.

• Scope & Change-Order Management: Defend project scope against creep. Identify, document, and price out-of-scope customer requests to ensure engineering change orders are executed.

• Quoting & Estimation Support: Review customer RFQs and specifications to develop accurate controls engineering hours, hardware component costs, cycle-time feasibility assessments, and technical risk evaluations.

Join us as a Controls Manager to help shape a resilient financial environment built on transparency, compliance, and operational excellence!

Pay: From $90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person