Site Project Engineers at Bastian Solutions manage installation, commissioning, and startup of automation projects, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while coordinating with subcontractors and project teams.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
Site Project Manager
Job Overview:
Site Project Engineers are the primary representatives for Toyota Automated Logistics during the installation, commissioning, and startup portions of a material handling/ automation project. Toyota Automated Logistics has a strong, 70+ year presence in the North American market, with regional sales offices located throughout the US and Canada. TAL is the lead of integrating large scale Material Handling solutions often involving Controls, Software, Robotics, Custom Automation, and Consulting Teams within a project.
Job Functions:
- Close coordination with Project Manager and/or Field Application Engineer as applicable.
- Assist with final review of equipment layouts and installation drawings redline and/or update installation drawings where applicable.
- Help develop and provide input into Request For Quote (RFQ) for installation contractor selection. On-site receiving of shipments and organization of implementation site (documenting damage, inventory equipment, preparing lay-down areas, etc.).
- Develop daily Site Reports and publish to project team and / or customer.
- Manage subcontractor personnel and hold them to Toyota Automated Logistics and customer standards; costs and installation time based on goals / budgets received from Project Manager.
- Help implement and manage Toyota Automated Logistics safety processes/protocol to maintain a safe work site. This includes sub-contractors hired by TAL.
- Manage the installation, start-up, troubleshooting of Toyota Automated Logistics supplied equipment in coordination with a TAL commissioning engineer, Project Manager, or project engineer.
- Assist in industrial control system debugging and all other equipment interfaces Toyota Automated Logistics provides when applicable. This includes assistance in equipment acceptance testing.
- Develop and maintain installation and commissioning check list.
- Maintain daily task/issues/punch list and work with project manager in developing priority ranking.
- Solve technical problems either individually or through collaboration.
- Clear and effective communication with management, engineering, project management and other team members.
- Check and use voicemail and e-mail diligently.
- Respond to customer requests in a timely manner.
Travel Requirements:
- 50-70% travel to customer sites within 3 hours of Chicago (Travel expenses paid by Toyota Automated Logistics)
Required Qualifications and Preferred Skills:
- Must be eligible to work in the USA long term without sponsorship
- 4-year Engineering or Building Construction Management Degree
- Energetic, Ambitious, Hard working
- Strong interpersonal skills required
- Must be fluent with the MS Office software suite
- Must be able to interpret facility and equipment layouts/drawings
- 2D or 3D CAD experience (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.) a plus
- Skilled in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and PLC troubleshooting
- Material Handling, Robotics, Manufacturing or Packaging background a plus
- Previous automation experience a plus
- Must be eligible to work in the USA long term without sponsorship.
- Employees must follow all information security policies, protect confidential data, complete required training, and report any suspected security incidents to support our information security controls.
About Toyota Automated Logistics:
Toyota Automated Logistics is your global partner for integrated warehouse automation. Our team combines the talents of Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande’s warehousing business and viastore under one brand to deliver scalable systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.
In addition to exciting work at a growing company, we offer the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match
- Vacation / Holiday Pay
- Paid Volunteer time off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Professional Associations, Conferences and Subscriptions
- Company Meetings & Events
Pay range: $75k - $95k/year depending on experience plus bonuses.
Toyota Automated Logistics does not work with outside recruiting agencies. No solicitation phone calls please.
Similar Jobs
Fintech • Software
The Venue Project Manager will manage virtual data room projects, training clients, and ensuring project success through effective communication and process improvement.
Top Skills:
Document Management SolutionsProject Management SoftwareVirtual Data Rooms
Fintech • Software
The Product Support Associate provides technical support and customer assistance in implementing and configuring document management systems while troubleshooting issues and training clients.
Top Skills:
Mac Word ProcessingMS OfficeSpreadsheets
Fintech • Software
This role involves identifying, developing, and managing strategic partnerships to drive sales revenue, working collaboratively with various stakeholders, and executing go-to-market strategies.
What you need to know about the Chicago Tech Scene
With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.
Key Facts About Chicago Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
- Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
