Automation Engineer

Steel Dynamics•Columbus, MS

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for managing multiple production and reporting SQL servers, developing and improving data flow and ETL pipelines, and maintaining data interfaces between different system levels. This role involves administering virtualized environments, setting up and maintaining Level 2 systems and data centers, and managing Level 2 networks. Additionally, the engineer will build and maintain custom web applications, write and update code in various languages, and assist in maintaining and upgrading 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 key aspects of this position. The role requires excellent communication, organizational, and documentation skills, along with strong computer proficiency and the ability to read and write various programming languages and electrical prints. Willingness to work unscheduled hours and potentially remotely is also necessary.

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.