Application Engineer
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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This is a contractor position for a Rockwell Automation Application Engineer, hired through a Rockwell third party vendor, offering competitive salary and benefits.

SUMMARY/SCOPE OF POSITION: 

Under direction, participates in, and may lead projects of medium scope and complexity which have little prior definition, and effectively teams with functional experts to leverage resources.  Responsible for the financial, applicable technology, and schedule performance of assigned projects within cost limitations and established standards.  May coordinate proposal preparation, standards of work and specifications, estimation of product costs, and negotiation and administration of contracts.  Assist in establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to program master plans and schedules.  Help develop project controls and report data accurately to measure progress, identify potential problems in sufficient time for corrective action to be taken, and ensure the meeting of commitments.  Coordinate the performance of project functional-task elements.  May act as primary contact for status and performance.  Establishes strong customer relationships and contributes to forecasting, pricing, and competitive positioning. 

§  Act on behalf of any other department members when they are away.

§  Serve as assigned on task forces and special committees.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Functional

§  Applies an advanced knowledge and draws upon breadth of experience to contribute to, and lead, projects that address technical/business problems.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

§  Demonstrates a bias for action and issue resolution, and is accountable for meeting commitments and deadlines.

§  Evaluates, selects and applies standard engineering/scientific and business techniques, processes and criteria to analyze customer specifications, select appropriate equipment, design circuits, make price/cost estimates.

§  May be responsible for leading the system design by guiding generation of bills of material, panel layouts, cabinet design, wiring diagrams, purchase requisitions, test and installation instructions to provide a complete working job.

§  Coordinate and interact with customers, Manufacturing, Test, Drafting, Development, Sales Department as required for given tasks and projects.

§  Prepare cost estimates, and quotations for special systems and projects.

§  Demonstrates working knowledge of recognized project management processes and tools by planning, scheduling, establishing milestones, and conducting or coordinating detailed phases of the work for a project of medium scope with minimal prior definition and direction.

§  Assist Field Sales Offices in securing orders.

§  Prepare correspondence (written, phone, personal visits, as necessary) with field offices and/or customers to complete a job.

§  Is a strong contributor on innovative projects having significant impact on the business unit’s financial/operational performance.

§  Influences decisions having a business impact on multiple teams, programs, or projects.

§  Strong technical knowledge of Rockwell/Allen-Bradley products and electromechanical/solid state equipment.                                                                       

§  Knowledge of RA procedures, paperwork, orderflow, pricing policies helpful.                                                                                                       

§  Concern for details, exhibit the follow-through to complete assigned jobs, with attention to simplicity and at minimum cost.

§  Knowledge of specific machines/industries/processes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

§  Knowledge of the industry codes and standards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

§  Demonstrated ability to contribute to bringing new panel products to market through effective personal and team contributions.

§  Acts as contact for project status and performance.

 

Leadership

§  Takes initiative and sets a tone of integrity and ethics. 

§  Contributes to and motivates team toward achieving established project goals while demonstrating a "can do" attitude, sense of ownership, and commitment to success.

§  Develops and contributes to application and performance of metrics that ensure business value of improvement efforts.

§  Increases the productive capacity of the team by initiating new ideas, processes and systems.

§  Encourages openness to diverse opinions and approaches.

§  Anticipates and may determine a need for change, and adapts own goals and behaviors to respond to change. 

§  Works with others to pursue continuous improvement and to implement change.

§  Applies integrated knowledge of RA to help increase quality, productivity, and cost effectiveness of processes that span functional areas.

§  Generates and implements innovative ideas and recommendations. 

§  Encourages continuous improvement, sound decision-making, and fact-based risk taking when faced with difficult obstacles.                                                                                                                       

§  Invests time in development and training of others.                                                                                                                                  

§  Demonstrated analytical and creative decision making skills based on available data.                                                                                   

§  Significant contribution on projects related to new products, business system improvements and business growth.

 

Interpersonal

§  Develops effective working relationships with customers and across Rockwell Automation business units.

§  Significantly contributes to teams by providing project process expertise, guidance and leadership.

§  Routinely brings together and involves appropriate people to accomplish project and business objectives.

§  Ensures project and task alignment with department/organization objective.

§  Is an effective and timely communicator.  Keeps others informed of business issues and direction.

§  Effectively presents/communicates technical and business topics.                                                                                                           

§  Responds to unexpected challenges and adverse circumstances resourcefully, constructively and positively.

 

Business

§  Ensures thorough familiarity with company policies and procedures. Appropriately applies policies and procedures in compliance with government laws.  Policies and procedures include, but not limited to: Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the Rockwell Automation Information Network.

§  Supports business growth by expanding customer relationships.

§  Participates in development of processes for identifying customer needs, measuring customer satisfaction, and meeting customer requirements as related to the project.

§  Summarize business and financial data in useful manner for planning and decision making. 

§  Responds with urgency to customer needs and delivers timely, cost effective solutions.

§  May provide input into management’s decisions that have business impact. 

§  Approaches problem solving with a global perspective.

§  Takes steps to maximize contributions to business’s financial results, both with personal accomplishments and by influencing others.

§  Contributes to establishment of business objectives.                                                                                    

§  Accurately forecast costs and revenues on a project by project basis.                                                                                                     

§  Ensure that all work activities add value (directly or indirectly) to the customer's project.

§  Assists sales with proactively addressing customer issues.

§  Performs tasks that contribute to the implementation of strategic and business plans