Senior Design Consultant in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania at Connors & Associates

Position Summary

The Senior Design Consultant leads end-to-end design of complex automated material-handling systems, collaborating closely with sales teams and customers to deliver innovative, best-in-class solutions. This role drives each project from initial concept through contract negotiation and implementation handoff, ensuring solutions leverage the latest industry technologies and provide clear ROI.

Duties and responsibilities

• Our expectation is that you model the core values by which the Connors Group operates:
  • Always demonstrate professional and ethical behavior
  • Provide exceptional value to our clients
  • Provide the highest quality of service through your work
  • Contribute to making Connors Group a great place to work
  • Contribute to helping make our communities better places to live

Job responsibilities:

• Leads complex automated material handling system design activities that develop solutions supporting Customer objectives
• Collaborates with sales teams and customers to evaluate needs and develop optimal solutions
• Establishes credibility by clearly communicating the design process, alternatives considered, and proposed solutions
• Ensures automated solutions incorporate the latest industry methods and technologies to provide competitive advantage
• Leads internal brainstorming and supplier evaluation to identify best-in-class ideas and partners
• Drives the complete project lifecycle from initial concept analysis through customer presentations, contract negotiations, and implementation handover
• Prepares calculations, material flow diagrams, functional descriptions, and commercial content for quotes and presentations
• Performs internal administrative projects as assigned
• Develops professional proposals and presentations that clearly demonstrate expertise and system design benefits
• Manages cost estimates and ensures costing accuracy
• Participates in trade fairs and events

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; Master's or MBA preferred
• Minimum 10 years’ professional experience in comparable roles or 5+ years direct industry experience in intralogistics and material handling technology
• Superior understanding of warehouse, distribution center, and order fulfillment operations
• Ability to thrive in a growth environment and adapt to change
• Strong capability in creating and understanding operational flow requirements
• Highly detail-oriented with ability to manage critical deadlines and multitask effectively
• Advanced capability in data analysis, modeling tools, and automated material handling system design including software
• Strong value engineering and ROI analysis skills
• Knowledge of automated warehouse technology, control systems, and IT for material flow
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Superior capability to define and analyze customer data for system requirements
• Proven leadership with internal resources, suppliers, and customers
• Strong mentoring motivation
• Willingness to travel extensively (30–60%). Access to reliable auto transportation and a major US airport
• Proficient in AutoCAD, MS Office Suite--Hubspot and Power BI are a plus
• Sandler training a plus

Working conditions

This position, at times, must work in challenging, non-standard environments. This could include:

• Time of day: Monday - Friday
• Day of week: Evenings and weekends as required
• Strenuous Activity: Continuous walking throughout the shift, standing on your feet the entire shift.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the on-going needs of the organization.