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Our client has a strong company culture, and belief in continued investment in our Associates, has helped us realize long Associate tenures, as well as long lasting relationships with our customers.

Our client is an Emerson Impact Partner covering North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Emerson is the global leader of process systems and solutions. Our client provides industry-leading process equipment and service for process control, automation, safety, and reliability. The industries served include Chemical, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Power & Utilities, Food & Beverage, and Pulp & Paper.

Apperture Solutions is a technology independent, professional consulting, and implementation services firm. Apperture Solutions offers Data Enablement, Production Optimization, Operations Management, and Other Value-Added Services. Apperture Solutions partners with other providers to offer our customers the technologies and solutions that fit their needs.

What Our Client Offers Associates :

Our client is a 100% employee-owned company that offers a comprehensive, industry leading benefits package to all eligible Associates :

Participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
Retirement plan, including a Safe Harbor contribution
Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
Employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Generous paid leave options that include vacation time, sick leave, personal leave time, Half Day, paid Jury Duty, and paid Bereavement Leave
Paid Parental Leave
Paid company holidays
Career Development Program
Retirement and Financial Wellness program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Alternative / Hybrid Work Schedules

General Description

The successful candidate will be a significant contributor on our Project Execution Team. The Automation Engineer is responsible for the lead role in design, development, and implementation of our customers’ automation systems during capital projects. The Automation Engineer will be a significant contributor and often the lead technical resource on customer projects. The Automation Engineer will deliver quality solutions and services to customers using the technologies provided by DeltaV, Asset Management Systems (AMS) and other Emerson solutions.

The Automation Engineer will have close interaction with project management and account management to ensure that the project is delivered within the schedule and budget and with the high level of quality expected by our customers. Additionally, the Automation Engineer will provide mentoring and leadership to other engineers assigned to projects.

The Automation Engineer will also be expected to provide support to sales, generate estimates and proposals, and contribute to operations and project management functions.

Specific Responsibilities

Lead and work in a project team to meet schedule and budget

Monitor project scope and identify and evaluate potential deviations

Design and implement process control strategies

Implement control strategy configurations within the DeltaV DCS system

Write design documentation for a variety of continuous process control applications

Support Factory Acceptance Tests (“FAT”s) / Software Acceptance Tests (“SAT”s)

Support start-up and commissioning activities at customer sites

Troubleshoot system hardware, software, network, and instrument bus technologies

Contribute to company procedures and configuration standards

Generate project configuration estimates and assist in the generation of proposal documents

Develop custom shift, environmental, or production reports for plant maintenance and operations personnel

Configure process modeling & simulation (using both Mynah MiMic software & DeltaV)

Work independently on-site at a customer location

Qualifications

Required Competencies

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to meet project team commitments and deadlines.

Ability to work in team environment; a team player

Ability to work independently, self-directed, self-motivated, and detail oriented

Customer focused

Organized and reliable; demonstrates integrity

Be a United States Citizen with a valid driver’s license.

Required Education and Experience

B.S. in CHE, EE, ME, Comp. Eng., Comp. Sci., other related disciplines

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Experience with the Emerson DeltaV Control System

MS Office Experience

Preferred Experience / Competencies

Experience with Emerson Legacy Control Systems or PLCs

Understanding of regulated or validated systems

Prior experience working in a relevant manufacturing environment

Windows Server 2016 / 2019 and network troubleshooting skills

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