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Brown and Caldwell Director, Automation Programming in Independence, Ohio
Job Description:
Description: Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Are you an individual who can effectively manage others and takes pride in delivering exceptional work? We are currently seeking a Director, Automation Programming, in our Independence, OH, office. When you join Brown and Caldwell you will enjoy a unique and welcoming culture and we are proud that many of our employees have been with us a decade or more. You will find that we offer a non-hierarchical, collaborative, and supportive environment, allowing you to do your best work. Our work is interesting, challenging, and wide-ranging in nature, and so is our client base.
Detailed Description:
The Director, Automation Programming is a fully competent employee who is responsible for overseeing and directing the Programming/Industrial Automation group. This position will not only lead the company's national team, which is dispersed throughout the country, but also help to develop and update the technical standards for this entire technical specialty.
Job Duties:
Manage current Programming/Industrial Automation and be responsible for delivering on industrial automation projects in the environmental engineering field for our Public Utilities and Private Sector Clients. Management activities include workload organization, development of budgets, schedules, and resource requirements for a variety of projects.
Confer closely with Strategic Systems Service Line and other management teams to support the funnel of various projects based upon likely wins and plan resources.
Oversee delivery on key metrics by the Programming/Industrial Automation team through a deep understanding of group financial metrics and development management strategies.
Forecast, plan, direct and report on group performance metrics.
Represent the national Programming/Industrial Automation team to respective Client Sales Teams to discuss team's capabilities, consult and negotiate on project specifications, assess project feasibility, identify example projects, potential team members, and to vet the technical capabilities of potential subcontractors.
Lead the development of configuration tools in the digital space for industrial water/wastewater projects on government, municipal and/or private sector contracts using automation system programming/configuration for industrial projects.
Manage project management and accounting tools and review and approve project design changes, as needed to facilitate management of the group that handles automation and control systems design.
Develop scoping, scheduling, staffing, pricing/cost estimates, budgets, and bids for programming project pursuits involving automation and control systems design.
Manage the Team's resources by directing recruitment and staffing placement to ensure that automation configuration projects are adequately staffed.
Assist Project Teams in effective management of subcontracted Programming/Industrial Automation discipline resources to ensure that they are delivering successfully, including providing guidance as needed on automation systems cutover, migration, and construction including the physical hardware and software/programming integration.
Support the Digital Water Leadership Team in the selection and purchasing of delivery tools and services to support the Team, provide feedback on potential gaps and need for tools and standards based on knowledge of industrial automation and control systems, and document system changes for operations and maintenance records as needed.
Provide supervision and active performance management of resources within the Team located throughout the United States, including identification of high and low contributors in the discipline. Leverage high contributors to ensure successful project delivery and as