Sr. Automation Engineer - SCADA/MES

Barry-Wehmiller • Overland Park, KS

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About The Position

As a Senior Engineer on the Information Solutions team, you will have overall responsibility to lead and develop projects with clients across multiple industry sectors primarily focused on Information Solutions scope. This scope can include projects related to SCADA, MES, IoT, data collection, reporting, or analytics. Frequently this team is working on first-of-a-kind solutions to solve real-world operational problems for our clients.

Requirements

• 7+ years of System Integration, SCADA and/or MES application development. Candidates with experience in the food and beverage or life science industries are preferred.
• Requires excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to simultaneously organize and successfully execute multiple project responsibilities is needed.
• Candidates must possess good communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact with all levels of management, clients, and vendors. Contractor and Construction management skills are also a plus.
• Requires the ability to mentor and train other less experienced engineers.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary for project requirements to include but not be limited to: project installation and start-up activities, client meetings, company sponsored meetings, training's, industry related seminars, forums, or conventions, etc.
• Proven experience with Aveva Wonderware System Platform software, including system configuration, troubleshooting, and application development. Certification is a plus.
• Expertise in Aveva Wonderware System Platform and at least one of the following other SCADA platforms: Ignition, Rockwell FactoryTalk, or GE.
• Familiarity with Rockwell PLC (ControlLogix, PLC5, SLC500).
• Strong SQL skills and experience with MES software (Sepasoft, Aveva) is a plus.
• Understanding/skills with back-end computing infrastructure used in manufacturing (compute hardware, virtualization, OS's, networking, databases, etc.) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Technical project execution within the Information Solutions group, which includes providing deliverables, maintaining schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Interface with clients to define and manage scope on complex projects. This will require significant technical knowledge as well as project leadership skills.
• Planning of project timeline and working with various Project Managers to ensure the proper execution of the work.
• Working as an individual or in a team with other Information Solutions Engineers. Can also include working on large projects with other engineering disciplines such as greenfield design of a new manufacturing plant and all associated software systems.
• Designing SCADA systems which may include databases and database interfaces, data handling & reporting, scripting (VB, python, etc.) and general programming.
• Onsite startup of systems that you designed and implemented.
• Understanding project requirements to develop/configure industrial control packages accordingly for use in manufacturing space.
• Understanding technical and operational constraints to create project development and commissioning plans.
• Managing multiple scopes of work in various phases simultaneously.
• Communicating with client stakeholders to understand scopes of work and deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees