Job Description
Job Description
Automation Engineer
Job Description
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.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES
Responsibilities
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 delaysQuality of onsite training if requiredInternal 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 projectCollaboration
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 peersLevel of effort to seek adviceOther Duties
Assist with all special projects assigned by the manager / supervisor.All other duties as assigned.NoteThe 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
TeamworkCommunicationAttention to detailKNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Education : Enrolled in college / university for automation related curriculum, Computer Science / Mechanical Engineer desired
Please submit your unofficial transcripts
Experience :
