Automation Engineer

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The Process Automation Engineer is responsible for developing new industrial processes and designing new process plants and equipment or modifying existing ones in an industrial setting.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Ø  Support rolling mills and steelmaking production and maintenance at highly automated steel manufacturing plant

Ø  Design, develop, and implement control systems (hardware & software) to improve production times, steel quality, equipment performance, energy consumption, down-time reduction, and process automation

Ø  Obtain complete understanding of company process control systems and their impact on the production line beginning with scrap melting through refining steel, liquid to solid transformation and finished product

Ø  Make recommendations for development action; analyze, modify and improve programmable logic controllers (PLC) and human-machine interfaces (HMI)

Ø  Design and monitor performance indicators, create the necessary bridges between control site and company information systems

Ø  Provide on-going maintenance support and resolution of process control system problems, including taking ownership of such problems to completion

Ø  Write requirements specifications, and high-level design and systems architecture specifications related to control of steel production processes

Ø  Project management responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

v  Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Automated Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent technical education

v  5+ years of relevant work experience

v  Experience must include working with Allen-Bradley PLC, drives, HMI software and hardware and ability to read equipment drawings (hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, etc.)

v  Strong computer skills in MS Excel, Projects and PowerPoint

v  Proven teamwork, communication (oral and written), administrative and organizational skills

v  Proven problem solving and analytical skills

v  Must be available to be on call and assist personnel in times of emergency and business needs

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