Automation Project Manager

Boccard; Riverton (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Boccard Life Sciences is seeking an Automation Project Manager in Utah to plan, organize, and coordinate the EIA phase of projects. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage schedules, budgets, and resource planning while ensuring delivery meets client specifications and quality standards.

The role requires strong leadership, field readiness, and the ability to coordinate with process, mechanical, electrical, and IT teams across multi-project environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management in industrial automation.
• Experience in life sciences, food & beverage, or process industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with departments to establish an EIA offer and architecture.
• Define schedules with milestones and weekly monitoring.
• Manage budgets and control changes.
• Oversee commissioning of facilities and site activities.
• Document meetings and maintain client communications.

Skills

Project management

Industrial automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Field work

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Rockwell Studio 5000

Siemens TIA Portal

Schneider Unity

Ethernet/IP

CANopen

VMware

Job description

Boccard Life Sciences, industrial integrator located in 35 countries, designs, manufactures, assembles, and installs process solutions for its customers worldwide in the Food & Ingredients, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, and Brewing Industries.

Automation Project Manager

The Automation Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and staffing the Electrical, Instrumentation & Automation (EIA) phase of projects. This role ensures that automation-related activities are executed efficiently, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with project specifications, quality standards, and client requirements while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to achieve successful project delivery.

Position Functions

• Coordination with other departments and division to establish an offer by estimating EIA part and proposing an architecture
• Take note of user requirement specification
• Defend the offer to the customer with the team designated to establish the offer
• Define a schedule with different milestones and weekly monitoring
• Manage budgets and control the changes
• Define internal and external resource requirements
• Develop a specification of EIA material
• Define the design with process team and validate the functional description. Write functional analysis from functional description
• Establish a regular client contact and document each meeting
• Supervise contractors and advancement of manufacturing (supplier and customer site)
• Coordinate and ensure the commissioning of facilities

When large-scale projects, manage a functional team to perform the following phases or in smaller projects, perform the following phases:

• Establish a requirement specification for electrical consulting (cabinet manufacturing and wiring on site)
• Develop I/O List from Equipment List and P&ID
• Develop Automation program and/or IHM program from internal development specifications or those of the client
• Update as-built electrical drawings
• Make internal tests / FAT / SAT / Commissioning documenting their respective protocols
• Make internals tests, Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Test and Commissioning, document their respective protocols
• Write Operator Manual of installation and provide user training as well as the technical file of the equipment

Requirements & Experience

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in project management in industrial automation in life sciences, food & beverage, or process industries.

Automation Knowledge

Programmable Logic controllers:

• Rockwell Studio 5000
• Schneider Unity (not a requirement)
• Modicon (not a requirement)
• Siemens TIA Portal (not a requirement)

Human Machine Interface:

• Rockwell Factory Talk SE
• Wonder ware InTouch and WSP (not a requirement)
• GE iFIX (not a requirement)
• Siemens WinCC (not a requirement)

Communication protocols:

• AS-i
• Ethernet IP
• Profinet (not a requirement)
• Profibus (not a requirement)
• CANopen (not a requirement)
• VMware Software

Skills and Abilities

• Competency in MS suite and other data entry software’s
• Strong willingness to learn and perform more than assigned tasks
• A strong interest in technical tasks and willing to go out in the field
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on collaborative multi-disciplined projects autonomously.
• Cultivate team spirit and interdisciplinary cooperation, particularly with Process, mechanical, electrical and IT teams
• Proactive and confident decision-making to execute of the assigned scope of work within the constraints of schedule, budget and specification
• Strong experience in Industrial electrical design, Information Technology and Automation domains
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead and motivate the team Strong Leadership and ability to generate legitimacy
• Having a global and passionate mindset is important as you will be working in a multi-cultural environment
• Strong development of automated and monitored solutions on platforms following the standard IEC-1131-3
• Manage conflicts or misunderstandings with diplomacy and assertiveness.
• Be exemplary and supportive and mentor to the team