What are the responsibilities and job description for the Control System Engineer position at Accuro?
Position: Control System Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA onsite
Duration: Long term
Exp. Required: 8 years.
The Senior Engineer – Manufacturing Automation with experience in vertical integration of the Control Systems, SCADA, and Process Historian Products etc.
The Senior Engineer with strong background in Manufacturing IT & Control systems; specifically, integration of control systems with IT systems. It includes but is not limited to PLC, SCADA and MES and Process Historian
- Exposure to planning and executing
- Networking experience; working knowledge of Enterprise Networking and local control networks.
- Pharmaceutical Operations experience, in a GMP Pilot Plant, Manufacturing environment or related facility
- Must be able to communicate clearly (oral and written) and frequently with operations and other support groups.
Required Experience and Skills:
- The OT/IT Integration Engineer with experience in the configuration of Kepware EX as Gateway for integration of different make PLCs on vendor proprietary protocols OR OPC. Integration with Beckhoff Twin CAT PLCs, B & R IPC, and OPC Euromap 77 will be advantageous.
- Data Integration from Kepware Edge to Ignition Edge / Gateway with MQTT, following defined UNS standard
- Structuring the data in an intuitive namespace, and making data available to historians or upstream layers on MQTT
- Knowledgeable of best practices for performance and optimization of Kepware and MQTT
- Configuration and Programming in Beckhoff TwincCAT3 and B& R Automation Studio for the development of functions and data integration
- Experience in Ignition Edge / Gateway configuration for data integration on the MQTT
- Experience in Canary Historian and Seeq will be added advantage
- Validation and Qualification of automation system for the dataflow. Documentation and protocol execution for pharmaceutical industries
- Documentation of best practices, internal Knowledge Articles, and other communications.
- Understand and support all GMPs, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Evaluate automated and information technology systems and develop strategies to optimize and ensure the quality and stability of automation systems through future expansion, replacement, or upgrade.
- Use their technical knowledge to ensure the robust and efficient operation of a variety of automated processing and information technology systems.
- Experience with automation system architecture, design, start-up and/or qualification.
- Experienced problem solver/troubleshooter, skilled in root cause analysis
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent organizational skills to multi-task.
- Candidate must be able to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
- Strong analytical thinking and technical writing skills
- Proficient in MS Office Platform and document storage systems
- A prominent level of innovation, creativity, and self-initiative.
Good to have:
- Experience with Process Data Historian Canary and Seeq –
- Configuration, Event Frames, Notifications, etc. as per Plant Hierarchy
- Develop on-demand reports, dashboards, etc. System performance optimization, monitoring system health, upgrades, etc.
- Experience of SCADA systems engineering & deployment – Ignition 8.1, SCADA administration and configuration.
- Excellent understanding on SCADA/MES Ignition modules like Perspective, Vision Unlimited, Web Browser, Alarm Notification, SQL Bridge, Tag Historian, SQL Server, python scripting
- Exposure of AWS cloud for data integration and big data analytics.
