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Project Manager Engineering IJob Description
Senior Team Lead: Controls
Reports to Project Manager Engineering /Manager Engineering
As a Lead for Controls Engineers in Vanderlande’s Airport and Parcel Solutions (APS) business unit, you will contribute to designing and implementing control systems for large-scale BHS and parcel handling systems. This position offers the opportunity to manage Controls teams, oversee the integration of complex hardware and software systems, and deliver high-impact solutions that ensure operational excellence in airports and parcel hubs worldwide.
Key Responsibilities:
- Developing team, Manage escalation in teams of direct reports.
- Develop the right competences and skills in group.
- Allocate resources to projects, maintain day to day resource planning, manage operational resource escalations, manage hiring and subcontracting.
- Analyse training needs and execute training plan.
- Consultant for sales engineering, project management, service, R&D
- Monitor and mitigate risks and opportunities in projects.
- Stimulate continuous improvement in department- Initiate / manage improvements.
- Maintain and improve the specialism area of his/her group.
- Contribute to the improvement of department KPI’s.
- Validate system performance through thorough FAT/SAT testing.
- Quickly address control system issues to minimize downtime and disruptions.
- Deep knowledge of control systems, including hardware and software integration.
- Willingness for short travel internationally for project oversight and team management.
Key Competencies:
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to guide teams to successful project outcomes.
- Experience to manage the team of 15+ engineers.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly in a global, high-demand project environment
- Excellent organizational and planning abilities, ensuring control systems are delivered on time and within budget.
- A proactive approach to innovation, driving improvements in control system design and implementation.
Hard Skills:
- Sound Knowledge of Siemens PLC and Allen Bradley PLC.
- Oversee the design and execution of control systems, ensuring integration of hardware and software components (including PLC systems) for BHS and parcel handling projects.
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to align control system designs with broader project goals.
- Guide team in detailed project plans and schedules, ensuring all control system activities are aligned with project timelines and budgets.
- Drive standardization efforts, implementing process improvements that enhance the efficiency and reliability of control systems across multiple projects.
- Manage and mentor a team of controls engineers, ensuring alignment with project goals and fostering a culture of collaboration and technical excellence.
- Provide technical expertise throughout the commissioning phase, ensuring a smooth handover to the customer.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electronic, electrical engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related field.
10-12 years of experience in PLC programming, particularly Siemens, preferred experience in Airport material handling system and parcel solutions
Other facts
About Vanderlande
Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 11,000 employees and a turnover of 2.3 billion euros.
Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired Vanderlande in 2017 to cement its global leading position within material handling. It aims to achieve this by increasing its presence in all integrated and automated projects, and capitalising on the synergies between the organisations and the added value they offer to the market.
TICO therefore launched the Toyota Automated Logistics Group (TALG), which consists of Toyota L&F, Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande and viastore. TALG is a global partner for integrated logistic process automation, with its group companies collaborating under the guiding principle: for every challenge, a reliable solution.
In May 2025, Vanderlande completed the acquisition of Siemens Logistics' operations outside the USA and in doing so welcomed more than 2,000 new employees. The acquisition supports the company’s strategic ambition to accelerate its growth in automated logistics, particularly strengthening its capacity to deliver baggage, cargo and digital airport solutions.
What you'll do
- The Project Manager Engineering I will lead Controls Engineers, manage project resources, and oversee the integration of complex hardware and software systems. They will also validate system performance and address control system issues to ensure operational excellence.
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