Automation Engineer at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Summary & Purpose:

• The responsibilities of this role include carrying out installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting of OEM equipment and machinery at the customers’ facility to ensure optimum performance of equipment and little or no downtime.
• To be successful in this role, you should have solid installation, technical, automation, and electrical engineering skills and be familiar with the production and manufacturing industry, specifically food and beverage.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze, and review AutoCAD, PLC, HMI/SCADA programs using functional design specifications and P&ID.
• Design and install a new automation infrastructure for machinery, production line and plant.
• Lead start-up and commissioning of small or large projects.
• Assist on production line development to acquire cycle times needed, and electrical cost estimates to develop controls on new machines built from conceptual stages.
• Project implementation, programming, troubleshooting variable frequency drives, and DC Systems using TIA Portal application.
• Write manual documentation to include a sequence of operation and troubleshooting sections.
• PLC, HMI/SCADA knowledge Code Development for Dairy & Beverages Processing Plants & Cement.
• Participate in or lead HAZOP studies, FAT, risk analyses and risk mitigation as it affects production output and humans.
• Monitoring equipment and process parameters, planning upgrades and maintenance, and developing and implementing changes that improve uptime and output quality.
• Ensure all Adeco staff and contractors obey safety rules and regulations and make use of applicable PPE always to reduce chances of incidents/accidents.

Education / Professional Qualification

• A Graduate Degree in Engineering preferably Electrical & Electronics, Robotics, Mechatronics
• Familiarity with automation and troubleshooting methods and practices.
• Additional certification in automation or engineering from an accredited institute will be an advantage.

Experience:

• At least 7 years of proven work experience specifically in the manufacturing, food, and beverage industry

Key Skills & Competencies:

• High / expert proficiency and a solid understanding of computer programming and software development in the following areas:
  • Siemens – (Step 5, Step 7 & TIA Portal), VBA
  • HMI – (Siemens: ProTool, WinCC Flexible, WinCC 7.4)
  • SCADA - (Siemens: WinCC, Braumat, Intouch Wonderware)
  • Industrial networks (MPI, Profibus, Profinet -Ethernet, AS-i bus, DH +, DH485, DeviceNet, Scalance)
  • Safety – (Siemens: Step 7 distributed safety, Step 7 safety advanced) ➢ Remote Access (eWON, mbNET)
  • Variable Speed Drives – (Siemens - Micromaster, Micromaster Vector; Danfoss - VLT5000, VLT2800, FC302, ABB, etc)
• MS Office – Words/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook/ Project/Visio
• Practical Autocad and ePlan skills
• Proven experience in PLC and HMI Software development from conceptualization, design, and simulation.
• High proficiency in troubleshooting equipment problems and performing complex system tests
• Proof of hands-on installation and commissioning experience in electrical and industrial process automation.
• Project management knowledge relative to scope, time, quality, and cost. • Instrumentation, calibration, and component selection.
• Pro-active, attention to detail and solution-oriented
• Excellent communication skills – Report writing skills is essential
• Energetic, independent, and self-driven
• Time management skills
• Good knowledge of electrical panel design, wiring and components identification.
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Ability to deliver quality service always
• Strong analytical, logical, and problem-solving abilities
• Energetic, independent, and self-driven
• Willing to travel locally and internationally.

Salary
Very Attractive.