Project Automation Engineer- Manufacturing (Onsite in Greenville, SC)

Education

• 4-year bachelor s degree in Electromechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics engineering or equivalent technical experience, plus 2-4 years of practical engineering experience
  • in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred

Technical

• Experience with electrical design standards and control system design using standard CAD tools; SEE Electrical experience preferred.
• Experience with Siemens PLC programming standards and software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text.
• Experience with Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and motion control technologies; Control Techniques experience is a plus.
• Experience with HMI development, system configuration, programming, and communications; Siemens experience is a plus.
• Experience with control system network interfaces and communication protocols between devices, including computer system databases.
• Robotics configuration experience or knowledge preferred but not required; FANUC experience is a plus.

Project Management

• Overall coordination of engineering deliverables for a project from all engineering contributors on the project team, to include the following:
  • Engineering estimates including equipment, installation labor, design and startup engineering, travel, and managing project actual cost evolution.
  • Project schedule including design engineering, procurement, installation, startup, qualification.
  • Equipment procurement including specifications for RFQ process, purchase order, tracking supplier progress and managing equipment acceptance at the supplier.
  • Contributing to equipment safety & ergonomic risk assessment evaluation with the receiving plant
  • Organizing onsite equipment reception, installation, startup, ramp up including managing customer acceptance criteria with the receiving plant.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and resolve issues. Both written and verbal communication skills are essential.