Plant Automation Engineer

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.

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

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