Controls Project Engineer - APS Solution Engineering ME
Vanderlande
Date: 2 days ago
City: Jeddah
Contract type: Full time

Job Title
Controls Project Engineer - APS Solution Engineering ME
Job Description
Job description
Vanderlande is the global leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.
Innovation is the key to winning in a world that is changing faster than ever, which is why it is essential for Vanderlande to develop cutting edge solutions. The use and development of cutting-edge technologies is core to that success. This technology alone does not make a successful organization and our mantra is “In a world of technology, a belief in people”.
Your Department
The Solution Engineering department is responsible to develop a winning commercial proposal, in close cooperation with the Sales Management department during the sales phase, and to successfully implement the as sold total solution with the Project Execution department. The department consists of a wide range of expertise to enable the design and sell a total solution towards customers and to execute these designs when awarded.
Key of the Solution Engineering department is one responsibility to sell and execute a total solution within one team, without critical interfaces to other departments.
Your position
As a Controls Project Engineer - APS Solution Engineering ME, you will closely work with Project Leader, Integration Manager, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers as a part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers. You will manage technical solution pertinent to Control engineering and support sales in bid and contract phase. During execution phase you will work towards the successful completion of one or more projects in an international environment.
Tasks And Responsibilities
As Controls Project Engineer you design and program PLC controls for our material handling systems (In the Airports and Parcel domain), meeting high quality demands on project basis. During the engineering phase you work closely together with a multidisciplinary project team to deliver a Functional Specification. After that, you are responsible for the detailed design, programming and testing of the PLC software. When the engineering phase is finished, you will go to the customer site to commission the material handling system. During this commissioning phase you carry out functional testing of the PLC hardware and software. You are also responsible for integrating your PLC software in the overall control system and assist in the customer acceptance testing. During the execution of the project you closely monitor the available budget and the agreed schedule, and you take the appropriate actions when necessary.
Your profile
Controls Project Engineer - APS Solution Engineering ME
Job Description
Job description
Vanderlande is the global leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.
Innovation is the key to winning in a world that is changing faster than ever, which is why it is essential for Vanderlande to develop cutting edge solutions. The use and development of cutting-edge technologies is core to that success. This technology alone does not make a successful organization and our mantra is “In a world of technology, a belief in people”.
Your Department
The Solution Engineering department is responsible to develop a winning commercial proposal, in close cooperation with the Sales Management department during the sales phase, and to successfully implement the as sold total solution with the Project Execution department. The department consists of a wide range of expertise to enable the design and sell a total solution towards customers and to execute these designs when awarded.
Key of the Solution Engineering department is one responsibility to sell and execute a total solution within one team, without critical interfaces to other departments.
Your position
As a Controls Project Engineer - APS Solution Engineering ME, you will closely work with Project Leader, Integration Manager, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers as a part of a multidisciplinary team of Engineers. You will manage technical solution pertinent to Control engineering and support sales in bid and contract phase. During execution phase you will work towards the successful completion of one or more projects in an international environment.
Tasks And Responsibilities
As Controls Project Engineer you design and program PLC controls for our material handling systems (In the Airports and Parcel domain), meeting high quality demands on project basis. During the engineering phase you work closely together with a multidisciplinary project team to deliver a Functional Specification. After that, you are responsible for the detailed design, programming and testing of the PLC software. When the engineering phase is finished, you will go to the customer site to commission the material handling system. During this commissioning phase you carry out functional testing of the PLC hardware and software. You are also responsible for integrating your PLC software in the overall control system and assist in the customer acceptance testing. During the execution of the project you closely monitor the available budget and the agreed schedule, and you take the appropriate actions when necessary.
Your profile
- A technical degree (Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Industrial Automation, Computer Science or Control Technology) at least at bachelor level
- Previous experience of material handling domain will be an added advantage
- Desired experience level 8 years and above in Project engineering environment (system integration, solution design, project delivery)
- Knowledge of design practices and qualification requirements, systems development lifecycle
- Able to develop PLC applications (TIA Portal, Siemens S7-300 & 400 series, Siemens S7-1500 series )
- Knowledge of Allen Bradly / other PLC platform is added advantage.
- Has knowledge of SCADA applications in relevant platform (WinCC, WebFactory, …)
- Able to develop application for safety systems using relevant platform e.g. Siemens safety PLC
- Knowledge of fieldbus technology Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet, AS-I, CC-Link
- Communicating with regular progress reports, aware of Earned Value Management, managing deadlines and milestones
- Feeds back lessons learned from the project into product, process and tooling
- Has experience of working with Cross Functional, diverse and global teams
- Strong analytical skills
- Proactive, flexible, pragmatic and hands on attitude.
- Ability to adapt to change with ease, capable of multi-tasking and can manage a variety of complicated tasks.
- Wiling to go extra miles to develop Control competency in the department.
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English.
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