Engineering IT Liaison Job at Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics

Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics Detroit, MI

When you join the Sandalwood team, you’ll join an engaging and inclusive group with a mission to help our customers identify, assess, and reduce work-related risks to quality, productivity, and employee health.
In your day to day activities, you’ll work with multiple customers, as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwood’s areas of expertise of Injury Prevention, Systems Engineering & Systems Integration. You’ll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwood’s deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.
You will have opportunities to help lead your own individual development with programs designed to guide you. Feeling you haven’t been recognized lately? You will have the chance to consistently appreciate your coworkers and be appreciated by your coworkers for continued distinction using our peer to peer appreciation and feedback software.
You will be encouraged to participate in Sandalwood’s multitude of extra-curricular activities including:

  • An innovative health, safety and wellness program
  • An internal innovation forum to guide and develop innovation initiatives
  • The all-team meeting and staff day planning committee, dedicated to fostering team dynamics, collaboration and cross-functional interactions
  • Participating in on-campus and virtual recruiting
  • The social committee plans various get-togethers for the team outside of work
  • Our cross-line of business marketing committee assists with marketing planning, ideas and collaboration
  • The mentorship program provides a forum for mentors/mentees to connect and provide feedback, make connections and offer encouragement
  • Community involvement opportunities driven by our team’s background, our companies’ core values and community need

Sandalwood’s people are its greatest and most treasured asset. Learn more about our focus on our people on our YouTube Channel, Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics.
This position will act as a liaison between the Powertrain Systems Engineering department and the Information Technology group to coordinate activities for key initiatives.
Responsibilities include:

  • IT SPOC: Establish a productive working relationship and act as single-point-of contact with IT group to document and manage IT-related Engineering issues and concerns. Coordinate regular reviews of new, open, and closed topics with Engineering and IT leaderships, as well as continuous improvement and cost reduction opportunities that could be further pursued with enhanced IT/Engineering support.
  • Data Governance: The department has large amounts of technical data and business information saved on current share drives. The goal is to create information classes based on data attributes (usage, type, size, sensitivity, etc.) to determine appropriate storage strategy. In parallel, evaluate existing company file sharing tools (MS Teams, One Drive SharePoint, shared drives, social intranet) and make recommendation / establish best use practices.
  • SharePoint Restoration: The department has multiple legacy SharePoint sites that were abandoned over the past few years as a cost saving measure. The goal is to update the sites with improvements including, but not limited to, reflecting current organizational structure, department naming, current projects, and eliminating obsolete links. Additionally, the updated pages should leverage local and global partner SharePoint sites of collaborating departments to minimize redundancy.
  • Digital Communications: In coordination with department managers, implement an internal communications site, built on the existing social intranet platform, to facilitate a push information exchange to the department. Deliverables include development of the site, population of department relevant information, and procedures for regular updates of department level news and information.

Successful candidates will have the following attributes:

  • Strong computer skills, including:
  • Highly proficient using Microsoft Office / MS Office 365
  • SharePoint site development and configuration
  • Web page development and configuration
  • Understanding of relational database structures and standards
  • Experience with low-coding tools (e.g. JavaScript, Python)
  • Demonstrated ability to gather competing requirements, formulate solutions, develop a comprehensive plan of action, and obtain buy-in from stakeholders at various management levels, across multiple teams and disciplines
  • Experience planning and executing projects using both agile and waterfall methodologies
  • A professional manner with excellent organizational and communication skills; self-starter with a detail-oriented team player approach
  • Ability to establish priorities, working both independently and in team settings
  • Experience with automotive product development, major vehicle and powertrain components and electronic control modules, and commercial vehicles

Requirements

  • 1 - 3 years experience with engineering information systems in a corporate environment
  • Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent

Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Support to grow your ergo experience in multiple areas

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year




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