Automation Engineer

The Role

As an Automation Engineer at Element Six you will be supporting the plant that contains the equipment and the management reporting systems. You will be a key member of the local team, but also part of a group-wide structure supporting projects at other facilities. You will take an active role in the early specification of equipment to ensure that the reliability, redundancy and system integration are correct from the onset.

An essential aspect of this role is that you keep yourself informed of the latest technology, to ensure that Element Six is one-step ahead of our competition, in terms of having the right information, in the appropriate format, at the right time, so that we can all make the finest decision at the earliest opportunity. Support commissioning, calibration, maintenance and validation of existing control systems inclusive of drives, wiring, power thyristors, power measurement, and control panels of these systems.

Duties and tasks

• Software development on PLC control systems.
• Process data interpretation and presentation of key parameters.
• Machine and process automation.
• Maintain 'Historian' database.
• Provide technical support for site control systems.
• Assist with the implementation of manufacturing systems.
• Ensure system documentation is maintained up to date.
• Provide technical support and advice to the on-site maintenance teams.
• Contractor management.
• Project Management.

Required skills and experience

• Engineering degree in any of Electrical, Electronic or Automation.
• Experience in control systems
• Experience in programming and troubleshooting of Siemens and other PLC systems.
• Experience with the control and monitoring of OEM systems.
• Design, engineer, test and troubleshoot control systems.
• Ability to work independently while applying the available resources.
• Make decisions under pressure.

Desirable skills and experience

• Siemens Step 7 and WINCC, SINUMERIK.
• Understanding of OPC Servers.
• Ability to write SQL queries on various database platforms i.e Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server.