Project Engineer

About the role

The PROJECT ENGINEER is an integral person in helping our customer’s vision for an automated storage solution from Movu US come to life. The core objective is to lead all engineering efforts from project kick off to site handover. Solutions include fully automated storage solutions such as pallet shuttles (atlas), tote shuttles (escala), automated mobile robots (ifollow), picking robot (eligo), and ancillary systems like conveyors and lifts. Customers are end users throughout the United States and Canada, working with leading integrators as sales partners. Typical project size ranges from $1-30M. Location: Romeoville, IL or remotely. Over 40 years, the company has grown to 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and about 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries. The first U.S. office opened in Romeoville, IL in early 2021 and now exceeds 70 employees, with a new stow manufacturing plant planned for the greater Atlanta area.

Responsibilities

• Are the technical single point of contact for our integrator and end user engineering teams for the projects assigned to you
• Contribute to internal and external project kick off meetings
• Review and analyze internal and customer-provided technical documentation and data to create detailed approval drawings in preparation for racking and robotics production
• Coordinate the creation of assembly drawings and PE stamped drawings
• Provide all necessary information to order processing
• Support project design and production efforts to ensure projects are completed on time and within the established budget
• Provide the necessary information to Project Management to request quotes for installation and other contractors, and to eventually support the chosen assembly team on the installation of the rack, electro‑mechanical components, and robotics commissioning
• Is responsible for sourcing materials and services in collaboration with Supply Chain and Project Management
• Process change orders and communicate cost variances to Sales and Project Management in case of customer requests or production issues
• Collaborate with Electrical Controls Engineering to provide the proper electro‑mechanical specifications
• Collaborate with Software Engineering on matters that support the integration of our automation with the customer’s WCS and WES