Comau, Inc

Project Engineer Controls

Comau, Inc$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or bachelor's degree in automation, engineering, or business preferred
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in the automation industry or automotive sector
  • Proven knowledge in change management and technical customer management
  • Experience with cost estimation and budget management
  • Familiarity with safety and risk assessment analysis techniques

Responsibilities

  • Ensure health and safety compliance throughout the project lifecycle
  • Liaise with customers and subcontractors for project execution
  • Evaluate and communicate customer requirements and specifications internally
  • Lead project meetings and reviews with stakeholders
  • Monitor project schedules, scope, and budget continuously
  • Perform root cause analysis to troubleshoot project issues
  • Develop and oversee execution plans for engineering changes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Access to advanced engineering tools and methodologies
  • Flexible working arrangements or remote work options
Full Job Description
Summary

The Project Engineer is accountable for the design of Engineering projects with top-down oversight from inception (Proposal) to completion (Customer buy off).
Must ensure that all projects are prepared and completed safely adhering to the required standards of budget, timeline and scope.

Duties and Responsibilities

Main areas of responsibilities are:
• Work in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
• Liaise with the customer, internal function and subcontractors to endure the smooth running if the project
• Evaluate and review customer Requirements & Specification and communicate them to all parties in the organization.
• Review Government and Industry Specifications
• Review as sold PBS
• Review original baseline planning
• Lead handover meetings with ESC
• Review Lesson Learned from previous projects
• Coordinate System Engineers involved in the project, ensuring homogeneous solutions among all commodities.
• Review the engineering make/buy strategy
• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress.
• Manage the project within budget
• Continuously monitor Project scope of work and budget for matching
• Scout supplier and to create RFQ contents
• Identify and document added/reduced scope of work with potential impact on resource workload, timing and costs.
• Be appointed as Customer Technical Interface
• Review and update Project Open Issues List
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Define, review and update Project Risk and Opportunities
• Monitor Project cost to complete (CTC)
• Review and update project performance KPI reports - actual cost/costs to complete - progress
• Attends to all Internal project reviews
• Attends to all Customer project reviews
• Attends to all Supplier project reviews
• Document Engineering management Lessons Learned
• Be appointed as Dispatcher and Gate keeper in the NC's management
• Provide feedback to Supplier
• React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
• Estimate budget for changes
• Review Engineering Change for timing evaluation
• Define the technical solution to meet the change requirements and consider the best strategy for implementing the change.
• Develop execution plan for the change activities and establish the timing (duration) to execute the change
• Monitor and update the status of the engineering change activities for each phase, e.g., progress, forecasted completion date, open issues (if required), etc.
• Compile risk assessments and method statements for site installations

Qualifications

• Education :
o Master or bachelor's degree in automation, engineering or business is preferred
• Previous experiences
o At least 5 years' experience in automation industry or automotive company

Knowledge & Skills:
• Change Management
• Clamping strategy
• Controls understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
• Cost estimation
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design to Installation / Commissioning
• Layout design
• Logistics standards / processes
• NC management
• Open Issue Management
• Process engineering
• Production management (scheduling, data management, traceability concept)
• Safety and risk assessment analysis
• Scope control and budget matching
• Standard product and integrated machines specifications release
• Supplier assessment
• Technical Customer management
• Value analysis, design to cost
• Workload Capacity Tools
• Project Risk Management
• Project Management fundamentals
• Project planning and monitoring

About Comau, Inc

Comau is a leading provider of industrial automation solutions, with a focus on robotics, assembly systems, and machining systems. The company was founded in 1973 and has grown to become a major player in the industry, with operations in over 20 countries around the world. Comau's products are used in a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods. The company is committed to innovation and has developed a number of cutting-edge technologies, such as its Racer3 robot, which is one of the fastest and most precise robots on the market. Comau is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including the use of renewable energy sources and the promotion of recycling and waste reduction.
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