Direct Supervisor: Director of Projects

FATA Automation, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to oversee conveyor projects.  It is a full-time position with an anticipated 10 – 20% travel requirement.  This is a salary position.

Job Duties

• Oversee multiple conveyor projects (mostly Automotive industry).
• Generate and track Change Order Requests for added scope on projects
• Develop and maintain project schedules using Microsoft project
• Develop and maintain project Schedule of Values.  Obtain Owner approval for monthly billings and ensure FATA Accounts payable has proper data to submit an invoice.
• Generate and maintain Open Issues lists on a weekly basis and publish to Customer / FATA internal project teams.
• Generate Requests for Quote for major installation subcontractors, obtain and validate their pricing, and issue purchase requisitions to FATA Purchasing.
• Oversee FATA Site Managers during installation phase of the project.  Travel to jobsite as necessary to accomplish this.

Desired Skills/Experience

• A minimum 5 years Project Management experience in the Conveyor industry
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related fields
• Solid communication skills.

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FATA is seeking a person to handle warranty and post-warranty issues following completion of our projects.  Equally important, this person is being hired to pursue the various automotive plants that have our equipment and sell the “Health Assessments”.  These assessments would lead to larger contracts where we provide equipment and installation based on the findings.  It is a full-time position with an anticipated 10 – 20% travel requirement.  This is a salary position.

A perfect candidate is an energetic individual with project management, sales, estimating, and installation skills.  Strong engineering skills are not terribly critical, as long as the person possesses the capability to open and understand build drawings / plant layouts.

The position is salary, full-time, and roughly 10-20% travel.

Job Duties

• Be the initial point of contact for our Customer base in the event of an equipment failure or concern for contracts that we’ve completed.
• React to warranty or equipment failure issues.  This would include going to the jobsite as necessary, organizing repair parts and local labor, and being on site if required as repairs are being completed.
• Refine and reorganize the current FATA Automation health assessment strategy and template.
• Evaluate plants on an in-depth basis to generate a plant-specific health assessment proposal that is based on their specific equipment.
• Sell the assessment, participate in the actual on-site effort “hands on”, generate the findings report, and provide pricing solution to items that need repair or replacement, then sell the pricing.  FATA has sales staff that can offer guidance and training in the Sale part of this task.

Qualifications

• A minimum 5 years Project Management and / or Installation Management experience in the Conveyor industry.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred but we would consider any person that matches the above description and skill set.
• Solid communication, estimating, and sales skills.

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Direct Supervisor:  Electrical Engineering Manager

Required Skills 

• Thorough understanding of 24v DC, 120v AC, 240v AC, and 480v AC electrical circuits, in both single and three phase.
• Thorough understanding of VFD motor controls.
• Experience with AutoCAD.
• Ability to manage time and priorities.
• Ability to be a great team player who works well with our customers, company management and the project team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willing to travel within North America including Mexico up to 25% of the time

Job Duties

• Lead a team of electrical engineers designing all types of conveyor components and systems
• Interface with project engineering/management to verify equipment requirements
• Liaising with electrical and software engineers and vendors in product development
• Attending design reviews, and customer job-site meetings, when required
• Travel to customer meetings, manufacturing vendors or job sites.
• Provide technical support to project managers, equipment assemblers and site supervisors
• CAD Design, development and engineering from a conceptual idea.
• Perform duties of the mechanical engineer or designer when requested

Experience

• Conveyor Systems for the Automotive Manufacturing
• Familiar with GM, Ford, and FCA Electrical Controls Standards
• 4 Year Engineering Degree
• Minimum of three years experience designing PLC Systems

Preferred Experience With

• ePlan
• Allen Bradley Controls
• Control RS Logix 5000
• ArmorStart Motor Controllers
• Powerflex Drives
• DeviceNet and Ethernet communications
• PLC programming
• Control Logix and Guard Logix programming
• Panelview programming

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Direct Supervisor:  Mechanical Engineering Manager

Required Skills

• Experience in detailed system and component mechanical design (conveyor experience preferred)
• Proficient 2-D AutoCAD experience is required
• SolidWorks or Inventor 3-D design experience preferred (FEA is a plus).
• The ability to quickly concept cost effective solutions to a customer’s requirements/changes
• Ability to perform design calculations (i.e. drive sizing, machine elements, structural elements, etc.)
• Preparing Excel spreadsheets – capable of writing formulas
• Must be well organized and have a keen sense of urgency
• Able to prioritize several concurrent projects in order to meet schedule milestones
• Generate engineering release requisitions
• Documentation control
• Field engineering
• Drawing checking
• Candidate will be a great team player who works well with our customers, company management and the project team

Job Duties

• Lead a team of mechanical engineers designing all types of conveyor components and systems
• Interface with project engineering/management to verify equipment requirements
• Liaising with electrical and software engineers and vendors in product development
• Attending design reviews, and customer job-site meetings, when required
• Travel to customer meetings, manufacturing vendors or job sites.
• Provide technical support to project managers, equipment assemblers and site supervisors
• CAD Design, development and engineering from a conceptual idea.
• Perform duties of the mechanical engineer or designer when requested

Experience

• Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years Engineering Experience designing and implementing in the conveyor / automated material handling system
• Knowledge of structural steel elements, material handling and production systems
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

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