Automation Engineer

Steel Dynamics, Inc.•Columbus, MS

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for managing and maintaining various systems critical to production and data logging. This role involves developing and troubleshooting data flow and ETL pipelines, maintaining interfaces between different system levels (Level 1, 2, and 3), and administering virtualized environments. The engineer will also set up and manage Level 2 systems, coating lines data centers, and Level 2 networks. A key part of the role includes building and improving custom web applications for process control and data modeling, writing clean code, and assisting with the maintenance and upgrading of complex PLC and HMI architectures. Troubleshooting electrical equipment, industrial networking, servers, and virtual environments, as well as maintaining system backups and identifying opportunities for process improvement, are also core responsibilities. The position requires a strong understanding of safety protocols and the ability to multitask and manage projects effectively.

Requirements

Excellent safety record and understanding of TCOS.
Multitask and manage projects/maintenance outages.
Database experience (MS SQL Server preferred).
Experience with virtualization strategies like Hyper-V and VMware.
Web development experience (HTML, JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, Ajax)
PLC experience/expertise (Allen Bradley, Siemens required. Toshiba preferred).
Experienced creating HMI interfaces for process control (Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC, Proficy iFix).
Automation experience with the following: RSLogix, RSLinks, Step 7, TIA portal and other types of automation environments.
Excellent communication, organizational, and documentation skills.
Excellent computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Visio, Visual Basic)
Ability read/write Ladder Diagrams, Function Block Diagram, Structured Text, Instruction List.
Well versed with reading electrical prints
Willingness to work unscheduled hours/days. There could be times where remoting in would be necessary.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree: Electrical Engineering/Automation Engineer/Computer Engineering, Science or similar experience.
3-5 years’ experience in metals/manufacturing industry.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple production and reporting SQL servers for process setups, tracking and continuous data logging.
Develop, improve and troubleshoot data flow and ETL pipelines.
Maintain data interfaces bridging Level 1 process control, Level 2 supervisory control and Level 3 enterprise systems.
Administer virtualized environments utilizing Hyper-V and VMware frameworks.
Setup, manage and maintain Level 2 systems and coating lines data center.
Maintain Level 2 networks including setup, segmentation and access filtering.
Build, maintain and improve custom web applications for process control, maintenance tasks and auxiliary data modeling.
Write and update clean, functional code utilizing HTML, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and basic C#.
Assist in maintaining and upgrading complex PLC (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Toshiba) and HMI architectures (Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC, Proficy iFix).
Troubleshooting electrical equipment, industrial networking, servers and virtual environments.
Maintain working backups of all critical systems.
Identify, design, and implement changes / upgrades which will increase the productivity or reliability of the process.