Senior Automation Engineer

At E Tech Group, joining our team means joining a group of passionate and forward-thinking experts. 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 25 years to the Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Metals, Material Handling, Consumer Products and Food & Beverage industries. Our national 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’re adding to our team!  We are seeking an Automation Engineer or Senior Automation 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.  As an automation expert, 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.
• 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.
• Work successfully in a team environment; focused strongly on customer service and continuous improvement

You have:

• 5+ years PLC experience in industry.
• BS Engineering degree or equivalent educational background or equivalent experience
• Detail oriented with strong technical aptitude and desire for learning new technologies.
• 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.
• 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.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A DNA comprised of collaboration and teamwork.

 We are seeking Application Knowledge in:

• PLC Programming with Rockwell Studio5000, RSLogix5000
• Ability to program in RLL, SFC and ST
• HMI/SCADA Programming with FactoryTalk View
• Ability to program in ME and SE
• Familiarity with toolkit and object oriented approaches (PlantPAx)
• Familiarity with VBA in FTView SE
• Batching Systems
• FactoryTalk Batch
• Experience programming various other control systems is a plus (i.e., GE Fanuc, Siemens, DeltaV, Honeywell DCS, GE iFix)

 You may have experience with:

• Skid System Controls, Clean/Steam in Place, Freeze Dryers, Autoclave Control Systems, Centrifuge Systems, Building Management & HVAC Control Systems, Purified Water, Finished Product Transfer Systems, Granulator Control Systems, Boilers and Boiler Control Systems, Pasteurization and Homogenization, Wastewater Treatment, Weighing and Metering Systems, Wet or Dry Blending System

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