Automation Engineer

Steel Dynamics, Inc.; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Steel Dynamics, Inc. in Columbus, Mississippi is seeking a skilled professional to manage SQL servers, develop ETL pipelines, and work with PLC systems. The ideal candidate will have expertise in web development and virtualization strategies.

The position requires excellent communication and organizational skills, with a strong safety record. Candidates should be willing to work unscheduled hours if necessary. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and experience in the metals/manufacturing industry are preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent safety record and understanding of TCOS.
• Multitask and manage projects and maintenance outages.
• Experience with virtualization strategies like Hyper-V and VMware.
• Ability to read/write Ladder Diagrams and other automation-related languages.
• Willingness to work unscheduled hours as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple production and reporting SQL servers.
• Develop and troubleshoot ETL pipelines.
• Administer virtualized environments utilizing Hyper-V and VMware.
• Build and maintain custom web applications for process control.
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment and industrial networking.

Skills

Database experience (MS SQL Server preferred)

Web development experience (HTML, JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, Ajax)

PLC experience/expertise (Allen Bradley, Siemens required)

Excellent communication and organizational skills

Willingness to work unscheduled hours/days

Education

Bachelor’s Degree: Electrical Engineering/Automation Engineer/Computer Engineering

Tools

MS SQL Server

Hyper-V

VMware

Rockwell FactoryTalk

Siemens WinCC

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple production and reporting SQL servers for process setups, tracking and continuous data logging.
• Develop, improve and troubleshoot data flow and ETL pipelines.
• Maintain data interfaces bridging Level 1 process control, Level 2 supervisory control and Level 3 enterprise systems.
• Administer virtualized environments utilizing Hyper‑V and VMware frameworks.
• Setup, manage and maintain Level 2 systems and coating lines data center.
• Maintain Level 2 networks including setup, segmentation and access filtering.
• Build, maintain and improve custom web applications for process control, maintenance tasks and auxiliary data modeling.
• Write and update clean, functional code utilizing HTML, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and basic C#.
• Assist in maintaining and upgrading complex PLC (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Toshiba) and HMI architectures (Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC, Proficy iFix).
• Troubleshooting electrical equipment, industrial networking, servers and virtual environments.
• Maintain working backups of all critical systems.
• Identify, design, and implement changes / upgrades which will increase the productivity or reliability of the process.

Qualifications

Required

• Excellent safety record and understanding of TCOS.
• Multitask and manage projects/maintenance outages.
• Database experience (MS SQL Server preferred).
• Experience with virtualization strategies like Hyper‑V and VMware.
• Web development experience (HTML, JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, Ajax)
• PLC experience/expertise (Allen Bradley, Siemens required. Toshiba preferred).
• Experienced creating HMI interfaces for process control (Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC, Proficy iFix).
• Automation experience with the following: RSLogix, RSLinks, Step 7, TIA portal and other types of automation environments.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Excellent computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Visio, Visual Basic)
• Ability read/write Ladder Diagrams, Function Block Diagram, Structured Text, Instruction List.
• Well versed with reading electrical prints
• Willingness to work unscheduled hours/days. There could be times where remoting in would be necessary.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree: Electrical Engineering/Automation Engineer/Computer Engineering, Science or similar experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in metals/manufacturing industry.

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.