Wagstaff manufactures equipment for aluminum producers, who process formed aluminum into parts and products you use every day.
Pay: $120,000 - $170,000 per year, depending on experience
As an employee of Wagstaff, you’ll enjoy:
Paid non-working holidays
Monthly, site-wide BBQs
Up to 8% retirement contribution
Annual bonus program
1200 Sqft onsite gym, accessible 24/hrs a day
Family-friendly, company-wide events
To review our full benefits summary, please visit https://www.wagstaff.com/Wagstaff/Careers.htm
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Job Summary
Manage the Automated Systems Engineering and Design Group (ASG Engineering). Ensure timeliness and quality of Electrical Engineering, Design and Programming services, to both internal and external customers. Perform in a production engineering role as schedule allows. Periodic international and domestic travel is required. The successful candidates will enjoy a challenging role with a wide variety of work responsibilities and many learning opportunities.
Primary Managerial Job Responsibilities
- Direct the work of Automated Systems Group personnel including planning, scheduling and staffing
- Measure performance of responsible teams with respect to meeting schedule and accuracy of work product
- Train and lead responsible teams in problem solving and development of design and departmental processes
- Lead departmental and inter-departmental product/process development teams to optimize deliverables to/from internal and external suppliers/customers
- Organize and create departmental processes to:
- Produce high-quality design output and minimize errors
- Maintain project schedules
- Minimize design process cycle time
- Hire, train, coach, support, evaluate, and discipline assigned personnel
- Employ leadership and communication skills in the resolution of critical issues
- Complete employee performance evaluations, corrective action plans and other personnel documentation in accordance with company policies
- Administer, and assure maintenance of, department-specific controlled documentation
- Maintain department ISO Quality Standards and Procedures and assist in the resolution of quality concerns
- Ensure compliance of engineering and design output with all applicable safety and regulatory standards
- Work in a highly collaborative fashion with the Technical Service and R&D Automation Technology groups, relative to the professional development of personnel and sharing of resources in a manner most efficient in order to complete both production and development projects.
- Implement company vision statement, mission statement, and corporate and departmental goals and objectives
- Abide by, support, and enforce company policies; ensure department business operations are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies
- Prepare and administer annual operational and capital budget plan
- Maintain confidentiality and protect proprietary information
- Periodic domestic and international travel required depending upon customer and business needs
- In order to achieve business objectives, work weeks in excess of 40 hours may be required
- Other duties as assigned
Primary Production Job Responsibilities
- Lead and/or participate with project teams to define the electrical engineering and automation requirements, including planned hours, based upon the scope as provided by Sales
- Create the design documents necessary for acquiring customer approval for electrical/automation designs and oversee production of design documents necessary for equipment production, both according to documented design procedures
- Serve as Wagstaff’s primary technical contact to customer’s technical personnel for electrical engineering and automation issues throughout the project, up to and including product start-up
- Provide documented technical and analytical evaluations for automation solutions keeping safety, functionality, and cost effectiveness paramount
- Train and/or consult with other team members in support of the required engineering and designs for numerous Wagstaff product lines as assigned
- Design conceptual and detailed PLC based control systems and related architectures
- Program PLCs for direct chill aluminum casting pits and related device control
- Program and develop SCADA and HMI systems
- Test and troubleshoot hardware and software
- Provide technical support to Wagstaff service personnel and customers to resolve customer issues as they relate to Wagstaff provided electrical/automation systems
- Perform design review and post-commissioning review for continual improvement of Wagstaff automated products
- Create, modify and maintain design standards as necessary
- Serve as a subject matter expert for particular pieces of Wagstaff equipment, processes, or methods as assigned
