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Automation EngineerChannel Personnel Services • Charleston, SC, US
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Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer

Channel Personnel Services • Charleston, SC, US
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Job Description

Job Description
Scope, execute, and deliver PLC/HMI/SCADA solutions that improve safety, quality, throughput, and reliability. This role is project-based with cross-functional collaboration (Operations, Maintenance, Quality, HSE, IT).

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Lead automation projects end-to-end—from scope and design through commissioning, handover, and sustainment—meeting all scope, schedule, budget, and risk goals.
  • Design and implement PLC/HMI/SCADA solutions (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Wonderware, Ignition, Concept) that enhance safety, quality, throughput, and reliability.
  • Manage vendors/SIs/OEMs: develop SOWs, select partners, and approve designs, code, and documentation per site standards.
  • Oversee commissioning and change control, ensuring compliance with LOTO and energization procedures.
  • Maintain and enforce controls standards, including code libraries, naming conventions, backups, and version control.
  • Keep technical documentation current—P&IDs, schematics, panel layouts, network diagrams, and O&M instructions.
  • Integrate SCADA and MES systems; configure dashboards, alarms, and KPI reporting for performance visibility.
  • Drive reliability and continuous improvement through RCA, FMEA, and cross-functional collaboration with Maintenance/Ops.
  • Administer project governance—charters, schedules, budgets, risk logs, and stakeholder communications.
  • Deliver training and handover, ensuring operator/technician competency and ownership per MOC requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and site EHS standards; embed safety interlocks and verifications in all designs.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
  • BSc in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
  • 5+ years experience in heavy manufacturing environment
  • Project-focused orientation for automation
  • improvement projects.
  • Experience with Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens PLCs, including programming/code development or
  • effective oversight of third-party development (code reviews, testing, documentation).
  • Experience with SCADA systems: Wonderware (AVEVA), Concept, and/or Ignition.
  • Understanding of industrial communications and networks and common plant devices (VFDs, drives,
  • instrumentation, safety relays).
  • Solid project control skills (scope, schedule, budget, risk, change control) and clear technical
  • documentation.

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