Job Title: Senior Automation & Controls Engineer – Food & Beverage
Location: Atlanta, GA 30319
Contract length: Direct Hire
Pay: Compensation discussions are handled directly with qualified candidates during the interview process. You can assume market pay for these roles and our base and bonus compensation package will meet the requirements.
Senior Automation & Controls Engineer – Food & Beverage Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and 7 years electrical engineering experience
- EPC project and Automation 7 Controls experience preferred
- Master Degree in Electrical Engineering and 6 years electrical engineering experience
- EPC project experience preferred
- Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures
- Strong knowledge of electrical equipment design ANSI and IEEE Standards. Strong computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members
- Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment
- Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills
- Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications
- Ability to travel. accredited program
- Must have or be able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
- Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred
- This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignment
- Must be capable of devising new approaches to problems encountered
- Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications
- Knowledge of applicable design standards covering Automation & Controls Design/Engineering such as NFPA, ISA, IEC, IEEE, ISA/IEC 61511, ISO13849, UL508A
- Experienced with variety of control and safety systems (PLC, SCADA, SIS, BMS, DCS)
- Experience in Rockwell and Siemens PLC platform. Experience in GE, Modicon, Opto22, Mitsubishi, and Triconex PLC platforms a plus
- SCADA experience with Factory Talk and Wonderware local and distributed systems, Ignition Software is a plus
- MES Design and Implementation Experience a Plus, PTC ThingWorx, Ignition/Sepasoft, Parsec TrakSYS
- Machine safety risk assessment and required PL design compliance to ISO13849 is a plus
- Process safety SIF/SIS design compliance to ISA/IEC 61511 is a plus
- Experience with PlantPAX and PackML is preferred
- Familiarity with tools like SISTEMA, CCW, IAB, BatchSIM, and PlantSIM is desired
Senior Automation & Controls Engineer – Food & Beverage Description
- Responsible for compliance with company and project site safety policies
- Design responsibility for all Automation and Controls scope on the project
- Leads a team of Automation and Controls Engineers, Specialists, and Designers in the execution of design
- Interfaces with a multi-faceted project team internally consisting of project manager, electrical, controls, estimating, procurement, construction, and other engineering disciplines
- Responsible for leading and developing software design deliverables including PLC and HMI programming design deliverables as well as Batch, MES, servers and virtualization
- Responsible for commissioning and startup of those design deliverables
- Lead and prepare controls design deliverables, including instrument/device list, I/O list, controls narratives, control panel and controls hardware design, device location plan drawings and installation details
- Lead the specification, design, and procurement activities for control panel and equipment vendors, manage vendor progression, and lead the Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs)
- Lead and prepare electrical design deliverables including 480VAC and below equipment and motor power design, installation plan drawings, and conductor schedules
- Determine process instrument measurements protocols, such as temperature, pressure, flow, level, analyzers, and control valves. Utilize knowledge of various technologies for selecting the appropriate controls application
- Experienced in reviewing P&IDs and working with process engineers to define and show proper controls scope of the project
- Develop and manage verification of design, calculations, project studies and report preparation
- Interfaces directly with offsite design office and coordinates and tracks execution of controls deliverables to that office
- Responsible for leading and performing quality reviews of project design submittals and coordinating those reviews within the department
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