Automation Controls Engineer (Rockwell/Allen Bradley primarily, some Honeywell and Fanuc)
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Electrical and Automation Design and Procurement
Completely understand and be able to troubleshoot existing systems that have automated control systems currently installed.
Research and develop for new processes and equipment.
Develop written specifications and budgets of new automation tools such as robots, co bots, ASRS and other systems that advance the company automation footprint.
Quote and procure all new systems that align with written specifications and budgets with contract reviews, supplier selection, negotiation and ROI of automated systems and controls.
Troubleshoot complex automated systems.
Buyoff of installed automated systems to the written specifications.
Designs meet or exceed respective codes: Analysis, validation and due diligence is performed to ensure quality of design with a priority on plant and personnel safety.
Research and review advanced sensing and the integration of these systems into the automation that is designed and developed.
The Automation engineer will be the corporate Subject Mater Expert and, in some cases, oversee third party automation providers.
Communicate with the IT department and data science strategies to enable strong data capture, reporting, process certification and machine learning.
This may include working with IT on a segregated system like a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from the DCS architecture currently deployed.
