Engineer Controls Manager

FLANDERS is a world leader in renewing machines for heavy industry, specializing in the largest and most intricate applications. Our expertise encompasses distributing, servicing, repairing, designing, and manufacturing electric rotating machines. Additionally, we take pride in offering cutting-edge AI-powered condition-based monitoring, customized controls, seamless systems integration, and advanced automation solutions.

Our Systems Engineering team is looking for an experienced Engineering Controls Manager to join our team at our Carmel, Indiana location.

The Engineering Controls Manager will serve as a senior level member of FLANDERS' Engineering management team and hold responsibility for managing a team of control system engineers. This position will be tasked to drive and participate in technical strategy, innovation, product delivery and continuous improvement. This selected candidate must possess a range of technical and leadership skills as well as business acume

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Here's What You Will

• Do:Frequently communicate and interface with customers' engineering teams to discuss FLANDERS engineering capabilities, customer applications/requirements, and coordinate project activiti
• es.Possess a broad knowledge of controls, power conversion, and their application to the industries, equipment, and customers that FLANDERS serv
• es.Demonstrate strong project management independently, or in cooperation with others, to diligently collect information to form cost estimates, labor estimates, contingency plans, materials and supply chain lead times, prioritization, and resource availabili
• ty.Demonstrate proficiency at collecting voice of the customer and translating the information into actionable plans and resul
• ts.Stay up to date on current technologies in the industry as well as emerging technologies and tren
• ds.Research and conduct competitive analysis, including pricing and product, of key competitors and custome
• rs.Assist in overall product strategies and product roadma
• ps.Own and develop product requirements/functional specification by working with customers, field engineering, sales, and other associated product stakeholde
• rs.Demonstrate excellent skills in problem solving and project manageme
• nt.Develop and maintain engineering processes and standar
• ds.Prioritize respective engineering group's project and manage category pipeli
• ne.Actively assist in promoting FLANDERS and FLANDERS Engineering and selling to customers, partners, and othe
• rs.Play a critical role in defining the overall product and growth strategy, by partnering with Business Development and Product Developme
• nt.Coordinate and execute new product introductions with other functional departments through Stage Gate Process and/or FLANDERS commercialization proce
• ss.Demonstrate proficiency in planning and managing departmental budgets and projects cos
• ts.Execute work in effective and efficient ways to best serve customers and attain Corporate goa

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Here's What You Will N

• eed:Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power, Software, Physics or Computer Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and/or experi
• enceMaster’s of Science or Business Administration is prefe
• rred>10 years of engineering experi
• ence>15 years of industry and related experi
• ence10 years of experience in electric machines, drives, controls and/or sys

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Additional Requirem

• ents:Extensive and up to date knowledge in drives, controls and/or rotating electric mac
• hinesKnowledge and experience in industrial and/or machine control t
• heoryExperience with mining machine systems applications including but not limited to electric mining shovels, draglines, haul trucks, rotary blast hole drills, and hydraulic excav
• atorsDemonstrated experience in managing the product lifecycle of systems and pro
• ductsDemonstrated success with the ability to identify key customer requirements and translate them into detailed product specifications for multi-generational pro
• ductsDirect experience in formulating, producing, and implementing product roa
• dmapsGood business acumen and ability to cascade business goals to engineering objec
• tivesStrong written and verbal communication skills including presentation and demonstration skills to diverse technical and non-technical audi
• encesStrong interpersonal skills working with technical team and senior le
• adersStrong critical thinking, problem-solving and troubleshooting s
• killsStrong organizational skills and attention to d
• etailStrong time management skills with the ability to multitask while coordinating multiple high level prior
• itiesLeverageable experience with engineering tools and systems, including simulators, modeling, virtual prototyping and statistical ana
• lysisGood ability to work with business ERP s
• ystemStrong knowledge of personal computers including Microsoft Office sof
• twareAbility to promote a positive company image to customers at all
• timesAbility to read, write, and comprehend complex written and verbal instruc
• tionsAbility to understand, perform, and retain various job related training, operational, and safety proce
• duresMust have ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and decision making related to non-routine d
• utiesAnticipates preventable problems before they
• occurOvernight travel including international req