Automation Engineer - Project Manager

Complete Filtration Resources, Inc.; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Complete Filtration Resources, Inc. is seeking an Automation Project Manager to coordinate automation duties on assigned projects, maintain schedules, and align efforts with the project team.

Requirements include an associate degree in Electrical/Automation with 5+ years of experience, strong communication and organizational skills, and hands-on PLC/SCADA and AutoCAD Electrical expertise for on-site commissioning in Wisconsin.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Electrical/Automation or related field with 5+ years of experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong logic, analytical thinking and troubleshooting abilities.
• Highly organized, capable of directing contractors and coordinating resources.

Responsibilities

• Manage sub-contractor resources and costs, ensuring schedule compliance.
• Develop relationships with customers, vendors, and contractors to meet project specifics.
• Monitor staffing requirements and adjust personnel as needed for project needs.
• Coordinate with management, sales, and engineering on project requirements and procedures.
• Oversee electrical/controls scope, including PLC/SCADA configuration and on-site commissioning.
• Engineer electrical control panels per UL508A using AutoCAD Electrical.
• Procure components to meet deadlines.
• Contribute to standard operating procedures and templates.
• Support on-site IO testing, contractor management, and customer training.

Skills

Project management

Electrical/Automation

AutoCAD Electrical

Communication

Organizational skills

Troubleshooting

Critical thinking

Education

Associate degree in Electrical/Automation

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Job description

The Automation Project Manager will conduct/coordinate automation duties on assigned projects within the organization.Maintain project schedules and harmonize efforts with project team.Assist sales team on potential future projects.Determine project scope and specification to achieve customer satisfaction.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing sub-contract resource/cost, and ensure compliance with all project specific guidelines and schedule
• Develop relationships with customers, vendors, & contractors to meet project specifics
• Continually monitor assigned project staffing requirements, adding or removing assigned personnel as required for project needs
• Deliberate with management, sales, project managers and engineering staff on the possible requirements and procedures for a project
• Evolve the working practices to improve efficiency and productivity for projects.
• Incorporate customer Hardware/Software Design Specifications and implement within the project. PLC Software and SCADA configuration, Factory and Site based testing including production of all test documentation and on site commissioning for projects
• Engineer & Design electrical control panels per UL508A utilizing AutoCAD Electrical.
• To contribute to the development of relevant working procedures, templates and standards.
• Procure components to maintain project deadlines
• Assist with on-site IO testing, contractor management, customer training, and commissioning.
• Participation and technical contribution to customer and sales meetings
• Manage overall cost on electrical/controls portion of the project.
• Responsibility for electrical/controls portion of overall project success

Supervision Received

Automation Project Manager will work under the Automation Manager

Working Relationships

Automation Project Manager will maintain good personal relationships with fellow workers, vendors, manufacturers and the general public.They will be expected to participate in meetings, seminars and training as required.

Requirements

Education and Training: To become an Automation Project Manager, you require a minimum of an associate’s degree in Electrical/Automation/Instrumentation Engineering or in related fields with 5+ year’s job experience.

Communication Skill: Automation Project Manager must have excellent communication skills which they utilize when managing control portion of projects and consulting with customers.

Critical Thinking: They require good logic and reasoning skills to be able to identify weaknesses and strengths of alternative solutions or approaches to problems.Automation Project Manager must be able to troubleshoot issues in a timely manner.

Organizational skill: Their work is often to instruct and direct contractors, thereby making them persons who need excellent organizational skill to perform their duties.They must also be able to identify the details in scope when managing the electrical/controls portion of a project.