PLC Programming Manager

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Are you ready to join our team?

Are you motivated to be a part of an industry-leading organization alongside a talented team of individuals? Are you looking to join a company offering opportunities to develop your skills and grow your career? If you join Valiant TMS, you’ll be part of a company that embraces diversity and provides a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Valiant TMS is a global company powered by people working together to be the most trusted partner in delivering intelligent automation solutions. To remain at the forefront of innovation, we need skilled and determined people that deliver results.

We are seeking a PLC Programming Manager who is focused on world-class technology.

The PLC Programming Manager is responsible for defining the strategies and leading the tactical efforts of the PLC Programming Team in support of the vision to establish Valiant TMS as a world-class integration, installation and launch organization in the BIW System Automation Industrial sector. As the technical leader of the PLC programming team, the Manager will cultivate technical expertise and drive continuous improvement, supply human resources for project execution, enhance staffing capacity and utilization, and ensure work generated by the team is of the highest quality.

What you’ll get to do
Cultivate operational excellence across technical, cost, timing and quality functions
Assign PLC programming staffing to projects and maintain high utilization across all projects and locations
Provide technical expertise, establish competency, and benchmark technologies which are state of the art
Improve processes to be more effective and efficient through technology and analytical skills
Establish, document, and maintain best practices (technical libraries) and increase standardization
Serve as cost center lead, forecasting necessary funding and manage to an approved budget
Provide timely response to Valiant TMS hot-line calls that are related to PLC Programming, including responding to or delegating response to calls and coordinating applicable actions
Coach, mentor and appraise workforce, including supporting individual development planning
Collaborate with global Valiant TMS teams to enhance capability and project support
Cultivate and secure external staffing resource relationships to support periods of peak demand
Track and establish KPIs, targets, goals and organizational objectives
Develop and maintain continuous improvement initiatives and processes
Participate in special assignments, such as presentations, technical sales support, accompanying customers on plant tours, training, order follow-up and in-plant equipment review
Perform content review for projects for integration, development and improvement
What you bring
Completed degree/diploma in a Controls, Electrical or Robotics program
5+ years of direct experience in robotics or PLC debugging in a machine-build environment
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Functional understanding of automated production systems
Excellent communication skills
Ability and willingness to travel to company and customer facilities globally
Experience leading both people and projects
What we offer
An opportunity to work alongside, and learn from, a highly skilled team of professionals who are consistently recognized among the best in the industry
Competitive health, dental, vision, employee assistance, and wellness benefits, beginning on the first day of employment
Matching contribution pension plan
Internal development and promotion opportunities, both locally and globally
Tuition reimbursement
Employee referral bonus program
Social events and community engagement
Customer and other marketplace discounts
An inclusive and diverse work environment