Engineering Specialist-Controls
Ford Motor Company
Date: 4 hours ago
City: Windsor, ON
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Engineering Specialist-Controls
Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
Minimum Requirements:
Education: College/ Technical Diploma
Experience:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering. (Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required).
Experience:
Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.
Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.
Engineering Specialist-Controls
Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
- Use Factory Information Systems (FIS) plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation, review and follow up automation projects and installations
- Troubleshoot PLC, robot, and other automation problems
- Update program backups for automation
- Program new installations of machining, gantry and conveyor systems
- Reprogram automation for engineering changes and improvements
- Co-ordinate automation campaigns.
Minimum Requirements:
Education: College/ Technical Diploma
Experience:
- Ability to read blueprints, AutoCAD, interpret and modify electrical schematics.
- Understanding of ABB robots.
- Familiarity with VFD’s(Variable Frequency Drives), encoders, network/Ethernet controls, Profinet.
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering. (Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required).
Experience:
- Ability to independently troubleshoot all body equipment and continuously evaluate equipment for improvement for quality and delivery.
- Substantial understanding of conveyors system programming and gantry systems, in addition to networking understanding, Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet.
- Proven problem-solving skills, including 8Ds, FMEAs, DMAICs, TIA Portal, Step 7, Rexroth, Schneider Unity, 840D.
- Experienced in laser burning.
- Understanding of Cognex vision systems.
- Simulation modeling exposure.
- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience.
- Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping.
- DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience.
- TQM and Kaizen Methods.
- Visual Factory Management.
Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.
Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.
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