Senior Automation Engineer

E Tech Group; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k + match + vested quickly

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Generous paid time off and holidays

Training and career growth

Job summary

E Tech Group is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead automation projects, from concept through startup. The role focuses on process control, system integration, and delivering robust solutions for clients in diverse industries.

You will work with PLC/HMI/SCADA tools, design and test control strategies, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure successful implementations at client sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of hands-on automation project experience in process plants.
• Experience with batch and continuous process control strategies.
• Proficient with PLC/HMI/SCADA systems and data acquisition.
• Knowledge of control system architectures, networks, and historians.
• Experience at customer sites during installation and startup.
• DNA of collaboration and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to the design, configuration, and testing of automation projects.
• Plan schedules and budgets and manage project scope with leadership.
• Provide technical advisement and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Travel to client facilities for design, development, and startup.
• Act as an ambassador for E Tech Group and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Project leadership

Process automation

PLC programming

HMI programming

SCADA

SQL databases

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Rockwell Studio5000

RSLogix/Logix

Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal

Wonderware InBatch / FTBatch

Ignition

FTView

OSI PI

SQL/SSRS

Ethernet/Industrial networks

Job description

At E Tech Group, joining our team means joining a group of passionate and forward-thinkingexperts. We’re one of the largest engineering and system integration firms in the United States providing value for our clients through IT automation and control solutions for more than 30years to the Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Metals & Mining, Warehousing & Distribution, and CPG/Food & Beverage industries.Our national and global scale allows us to help our clients develop and implement standardized solutions at any of their facilities regardless of physical location or the local resources available at that site.

We are seeking a Senior Engineer to perform all aspects of process automation engineering and system integration, including initial concepts, specifications, design engineering, documentation, project implementation, testing, startup, and training of operating and maintenance personnel. You will be a key member of a diverse team of professionals developing solutions for our client’s most complex automation challenges.

You will:

• Lead or work on a project team responsible for the design, configuration, and testing of continuous and batch control applications.
• Understand the project scope and financials and exercise good time management skills to plan & coordinate the work as part of a project team by developing project schedules and budgets in collaboration with project leadership and identify change orders and justify changes to Project Management ensuring completion of all project deliverables to the satisfaction of the client
• Anticipate and provide solutions to project leadership and/or customer giving high priority to customer satisfaction offering strong technical expertise and advisement as part of the project team
• Adapt to a flexible work schedule & travel, if necessary, to participate in the design, development, and start-up of control systems at the client’s facility
• Be an ambassador who embodies our Core Values, prioritizing the success of E Tech Group, our clients, and the professional development of our associates

You Have:

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering or equivalent educational background.
• 5+ years of industry hands on experience executing automation projects for process plants - preferably in CPG / Life Sciences / Food & Beverage / Chemical domains
• Understanding of batch and continuous process control strategies deployed in
• Demonstrated ability to develop process control system applications, utilizing Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, configuration of thin client server applications, design, developing & maintaining databases for data collection, configuring process historians and using reporting tools to present process data to operations & management, tuning control loops, providing control system startup services, troubleshooting existing control systems and providing control system qualifications.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented software development & delivery methodologies
• Expertise with the design, implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of virtual server-based control system architectures, and understanding of control system network topology, i.e. Ethernet, Ethernet/IP, ControlNet, DeviceNet, etc.
• Knowledge of process instrumentation specification, installation & troubleshooting, and control panel design, check-out, commissioning & troubleshooting
• Hands‑on experience rapidly troubleshooting and solving equipment & instrument-related issues during start‑up and commissioning and perform complex system testing
• Experience working at customer sites supporting the installation & commissioning of equipment and systems
• A DNA comprised of collaboration and teamwork.

Specific Application Knowledge:

• PLC Programming with one or more of Rockwell Studio5000, RSLogix5000/5/500, or Siemens Step 7 or TIA Portal
• Ability to program in RLL, SFC and ST
• HMI Programming using one or more of Rockwell FTView ME and SE, Wonderware System Platform, Inductive Automation Ignition
• Configuration & use of one or more of Wonderware DAS/OI Server, FactoryTalk Gateway, RSLinx, RSNetWorx, KepServerEx
• Configuration & development of one or both of Wonderware InBatch & Rockwell FTBatch
• Configuration & development using one or more of Wonderware Historian, FTHistorian, OSI PI
• Use of SQL for database creation, query & management. Ability to develop stored procedures, functions & views and use of SQL commands for integration of control systems to back-end databases.Familiarity with SSRS for reporting
• Configure & operate Allen Bradley PowerFlex Drives via manual HIM or through PLC programming
• Configuration, use & troubleshooting of Allen Bradley Stratix switches
• Experience programming various other control systems is desired (i.e., GE Fanuc, Siemens, DeltaV, Honeywell DCS, GE iFix)

Benefits & Perks:

• 401k + match + prompt enrollment. E Tech Group employees are 100% vested upon entry.
• Prompt enrollment into Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off that includes paid vacation, paid holidays, paid family leave and personal/sick time off.
• Learning and growth are key parts of the E Tech culture. We provide you with training and continuing education from day one, so you canadvance your career. As an E Tech associate, youcan unlock your greatest potential through challenges and opportunities.

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