Automation Engineer

NOT open for Visa sponsorship now or in the future

Status

Exempt / Salary

Department

Automation

‍Hours

Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm or as needed onsite

‍REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to: Automation Supervisor

Supervise: N/A

‍PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The basic function of this position is to provide electrical automation controls design for projects & potential projects for the company. In addition, this role provides controls logic and startup assistance for the automation controls portion of projects for the company.

‍Summary Of Key Accountabilities

• Accountable to research & obtain internal or external assistance in designing automation controls systems & logic.
• Accountable to design automation controls systems within their expertise to fulfill customer needs & RELCO goals.
• Authority to communicate & direct customer, vendors, and internal staff as needed to complete the automation controls portion of projects assigned.
• Authority to alter and/or halt the assigned project duties with just cause and according to company policy.
• Authorized to approve purchases up to the project line-item budget.
  
  

Responsibilities

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

Duties

Standards of Performance

Quotes

• Advises sales needed/missing information to provide an accurate quote.
• Interacts with customer/vendor to gather information required to do an accurate quote.
• Advises sales on constraints from customer that are unrealistic, costly, risky, etc.
• Requests advice from others in department on issues outside of expertise.
• Provides accurate numbers & disclaimers to customers for quotes.
• Quality of interacting with coworkers & customers during the quoting process.
• Accuracy of information gathered to provide a correct quote.
  
  

Electrical Drawings

• Reviews PID drawings & identify devices needing controls.
• Research panel components’ electrical connections & draws them on electrical drawing.
• Appropriately marks the electrical drawing for revisions & stages with proper approvals.
• Orders panel components’ parts & accounting for lead time on them.
• Quality of following RELCO’s documented processes for errors/revisions.
• Accuracy of ordered parts and providing feedback.
  
  

Panel Building

• Reviews parts list & inventories parts in an organized fashion for assigned projects.
• Contacts people regarding missing items.
• Reads electrical drawings & builds the panels to customer specifications.
• Gives appropriate feedback on errors on electrical drawings.
• Level of detail to ensure all correct parts are in house for panel building.
  
  

Automation Programming

• Writes/tests logic software & hardware.
• Identify device control boundaries of sequencers instances & pin charts.
• Produce pin charts & review with process engineer.
• Conform code structure that applies for the project.
• Document code.
• Set-up & recipe screens to organize in a logical fashion based on production mode, chronological write order, and flow paths.
• Quality of identifying device control boundaries.
• Quality of code used and documented.
  
  

Panel & Programming Testing

• Programs networks that support IO in panel(s).
• Double-checks wire labels, solenoid labels, terminal labels, etc. for correctness.
• Checks every IO point for communication to PLC code for assigned projects.
• Level of detail to ensure correctness.
  
  

Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning

• Performs start/commissioning and troubleshooting of the programming hardware, software, & field instruments.
• Set-up and verify field instruments, VFD, PLC IO, and HMI clients.
• Informs superior of concerns/delays with commissioning of the control system while onsite.
• Watches people & control system interaction and detects unforeseen bad events that can be avoided by changing the code with approval from superior.
• On the fly code changes with low risk of bringing system down.
• Carries out project duties that minimizes stresses for onsite commissioning for all.
• Provide onsite training of customer personnel in the proper operation & maintenance of the controls systems when needed.
• Quality of set ups & informing others of concerns that could cause delays
• Quality of onsite training if required
  
  

Internal Software Development

• Take a software/idea & formulate layout for the code.
• Develop and document the code.
• Test and maintain internal software for the end users.
• Quality of the idea, the layout, and the code used for the project
  
  

Collaboration

• Seeks advice with peers on assigned quotes & projects.
• Provides advice to peers that should not grossly interfere with assigned projects.
• Provides advice/improvements for assigned project to the assigned process/project engineers.
• Quality of advice given to peers
• Level of effort to seek advice
  
  

Other Duties

• Assist with all special projects assigned by the manager/supervisor.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Note** The job description above is only a characterisation of the duties and not a full list. The provider of the function is also obliged to loyally carry out all reasonably commissioned duties.
  
  

COMPETENCY PROFILE

• Teamwork
• Communication
• Attention to detail
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Education: Enrolled in college/university for automation related curriculum

‍Experience

Monday through Friday 8am-5pm