Job Description
Job Description:
The controls engineers are responsible for designing, programming, commissioning, and testing of the Material Handling Systems that we are supplying. The controls engineers work closely together with the Project manager, Project Lead and with the mechanical and hardware engineers during the execution process. The controls engineer reports to the Manager Engineering.
Job Description & Skill Requirement:
- Bachelors in Electrical/Instrumentation / Control / Electronics.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in automation engineering on PLCs (Siemens – S7-1500).
- Good field exposure and ability to troubleshoot systems, and instruments and attend shutdown activities.
- Hands-on experience in designing, execution & selection of industrial automation products such as PLC/DCS, VFD, HMI/SCADA, Panel Design, Industrial communication (Ethernet, Profibus, ControlNet, Modbus.)
- Should have gone through the complete project life cycle from the design phase to commissioning.
- Knowledge of Siemens Hardware & Quality Management Systems & Review.
- Proficient in handling Customers on technical levels.
- Proficient in multi-tasking, handling multiple tasks, and guiding project engineers.
- Required – Allen Bradley/Siemens PLC hardware selection and programming knowledge.
- Ability to work independently.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Responsible for the PLC software within our Material Handling Systems.
- Ability to analyze the problem and provide solutions during the troubleshooting situations.
- Help create Engineering work processes.
- Responsible for the control systems execution, from software design, system design, network design, commissioning, and testing/validation.
- Know, interpret, and apply procedures, standards, and regulations.
- Sets independently controls systems in operation according to the commissioning plan in consultation with the site supervisor and project controls leader.
- Report progress to the Controls Project Leader and Manager Engineering.
- Support of the Electrical Supervisor, and/or Electrical Controls Engineer to minimize potential problems.
- Communicate and work closely with other groups within VI and the project team (i.e., mechanical engineering, project management, supply chain, sales/proposal department and installation).
- Initiate improvement actions.
- Drive, support, promote and improve software standardization platform. Develops new modules for the platform.
- This position requires occasional on-call after-hours support.
- Travel up to 50-80%.