Automation Engineer

United Pharma; Indiana; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Pharma in Indiana is seeking an Automation Engineer to lead project teams to meet schedule and budget, and to design and implement process control strategies. The role includes configuring DeltaV DCS interfaces to valves and pumps and developing control and batch strategies, dynamos, graphics, and trends for the plant.

You will support FAT/SAT, start-up and commissioning at customer sites, troubleshoot hardware, software, network, and instrument bus technologies, and document system

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 strategies within the DeltaV DCS that are used to interface with and control physical devices such as valves and pumps within the plant environment
• Configuring and testing control and equipment modules classes and instances
• Configuring and testing batch control strategies including phase classes and recipes
• Configuring custom dynamos, graphic displays, and trends
• Develop system design documentation for a variety of continuous and batch 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
• Configure and commission wireless field networks
• Configure DeltaV Continuous Historian and integration to 3rd party Historians such as OSI PI
• 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

Job description

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 strategies within the DeltaV DCS that are used to interface with and control physical devices such as valves and pumps within the plant environment. This will include:
• Configuring and testing control and equipment modules classes and instances
• Configuring and testing batch control strategies including phase classes and recipes
• Configuring custom dynamos, graphic displays, and trends
• Develop system design documentation for a variety of continuous and batch 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
• Configure and commission wireless field networks
• Configure DeltaV Continuous Historian and integration to 3rd party Historians such as OSI PI
• 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