Senior Engineer - Industrial Automation

The Haskell Company•Charlotte, NC

11d•Onsite

About The Position

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact. In this role, you will serve as the lead technical resource for all automation scopes of work related to a project and be responsible for coordination of design activities across multiple disciplines, vendors and/or subcontractors. You will work directly with customer and project leadership to develop and implement automation deliverables. Additionally, you will execute a project from beginning to end, including budget development and estimating, vendor scope development, conducting plant surveys, proposal development, execution of conceptual design work, execution of detailed design, programming, project management and startup. You may manage a small team of automation engineers working under your supervision for both design and startup aspects of a project. You'll provide project reporting to project and discipline leadership, including deliverable completion tracking and budget projections.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience required.
Bachelor’s degree in accredited curriculum (NCARB or ABET) preferred plus 8-10 years of industry related experience.
PE license preferred.
Ability to develop drawings using appropriate design software and provide verbal instructions to define design requirements.
Ability to safely use basic electrical tools required for troubleshooting electrical circuits.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office/365 software.
Experience in PLC and HMI programming is required.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to adjust to changing timelines and meet deadlines.
Ability to understand and adhere to both company and client design standards.
Excellent skills in time management, organization, and analytics.
Must be able to communicate in an objective and concise manner with supervisor(s), project managers, process and packaging engineers, suppliers, clients, and others, both orally and in writing, as related to job duties.
Must exhibit sound inter-personal skills and maintain amiable professional relationships with all company, client, and related business personnel.
Must be self-motivated with regard to the completion of assigned tasks and in obtaining new work from supervisors.
Basic understanding of hydraulics, fluid flow, pneumatics, and electric circuits. (Hydraulics and fluid flow knowledge applies to the process automation discipline only)
Automation Project Conceptual Design, Automation Project Execution, and PLC/HMI/SCADA/Control Panel Design knowledge

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in accredited curriculum (NCARB or ABET) preferred
PE license preferred.

Responsibilities

Application of Knowledge of Design (Conceptual Design)
Prepare and update control system basis of design and network architectures.
Understand and determine customer needs and define services needed to provide an effective project.
Develop automation content for proposals.
Develop automation design, hardware, and install budgets.
Detailed Design
Design low voltage (typically 480VAC and lower) power and control systems for automated process or packaging applications including control system panels, motor control center design, safety systems, and automation network design utilizing accepted practices and company or client standards.
Prepare scopes of work, bills of material, specifications, and other necessary project documents.
Review, check, modify, and develop control system drawings.
Develop functional specifications/sequence of operations.
Develop PLC programs utilizing company or client standards.
Develop HMI programs utilizing company or client standards.
Develop data collection and reporting software (For process only).
Review equipment specifications and line layouts (For packaging only).
Work closely with the simulation team to develop emulations (For packaging only).
Support the development & implementation of an acceptance test plan for the equipment at vendor’s facility and for the installed system at customer’s facility.
Participate in design reviews and vendor coordination meetings; present design and other technical information, and generally works with the project team throughout the overall design process
Design Project Execution
Supervises the staff assigned to the projects, ensuring optimal staff utilization.
Oversees the work performed by the assigned staff.
Provides direction for what is to be included in design and programming deliverables.
Works with project Lead Associate to ensure that project schedule will be met and complete deliverables are provided for each submission.
Develops project within provided design budget.
Construction/Startup Support
Answer RFIs (Request for Information).
Supervision of construction and check-out of control system panels and components in client’s facilities.
Provide informal control system operation and maintenance training to client personnel.
Commission control system: conduct point to point checks, perform trial performance runs, and perform performance runs with product.
Document and maintain proper records of all design changes made during installation and startup work, to serve as a basis for the development of as-installed control system drawings and documents.
Update and maintain installation punch list to track contractor progress/issues.
Provide ongoing technical and troubleshooting support as requested by clients as on-going support after startup.
Supervise installation and start-up teams.
Professional Development
Pursuit of a P.E. License is encouraged.
Leadership
Manages assigned staff on the project.
Provides coaching/mentoring of assigned staff promoting individual growth.
Provide department managers with input on personnel assigned to your projects concerning their performance as appropriate.
Engages the entire team while working with all team members.
Flexible and willing to quickly move between projects as needed to meet the project schedule.
Travel
Flexibility for travel for installations and onsite startup is required. Average travel expectation is up to 40%. Some periods of heavy travel should be expected.