Sr. Automation Engineer at Dorsett Controls
Vinton, VA 24179
About the Job
Senior Automation Engineer
The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for the creation, directing, and management of engineering processes and tool sets, including program libraries utilized in water and wastewater process automation solutions. The job responsibilities involve coordinating and integrating various technical activities in automation engineering departments as well as managing and providing engineering design support to the sales team.
Reports To: Operations Manager
Essential Responsibilities:
- Planning, organizing, and directing the engineering work, ensuring standards compliance and quality outcomes.
- In addition to engineering responsibilities, this position is responsible to indirectly lead the engineering processes and execution methods.
- Support the integrated SCADA growth expansion efforts through engineering leadership, training and support to other engineers and staff.
- Identify critical technical roadblocks and risks, while providing the resources to navigate through situations.
- Coach/mentor other members of the engineering team.
- Directly manage the engineering process and the implementation of objectives and overall activities to facilitate standardization of design, execution strategy/methods, and support approaches.
- Assist with quantifying project resources and write specialized project proposals.
- Design and implement communication network standards for (cellular, RF) for SCADA RTUs.
- Develop and maintain template projects for water and wastewater RTUs.
- Develop PLC programs for control and data collection.
- Develop HMI (Human Machine Interface) applications.
- Design control system circuits.
- Specify hardware components as needed.
- Write Functional Descriptions, Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), and O&M Manuals for Submittal packages as needed.
- Create process documentation to comply with internal documentation requirements.
- Regularly review and contribute to the training curriculum and process for newly hired Automation Engineers in areas of PLC, HMI, and SCADA programming.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Technology.
- Five or more years of experience in engineering, development, or related roles in the SCADA field with water and wastewater treatment.
- Ability to lead technical teams on large and complex projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- High level of organizational and time management skills, excellent attention to detail
- Experience with Allen-Bradley and Modicon PLC programming, HMI software, and Ignition.
- SCADA software a plus
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Valid Driver's License
Travel
May require occasional or extended travel out-of-town based on project need.
Supervisory Received
Under general direction, working from policies and general objectives with little functional guidance. Rarely refer specific cases to superior unless clarification or interpretation of company policies is involved.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Errors
Probable errors would be difficult to detect such as the recommendation of unsuitable equipment of facilities resulting in excessive costs or inadequate production over an extended period. May have adverse effect on outside relationships. Work not subject to audit or check, involving considerable accuracy and responsibility.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to management.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of PLC, HMI, and SCADA programming software; Dorsett Controls InfoScan programming software; AutoCAD software; SQL Database software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
Confidential Data
Work with some confidential data of major importance such as development or research projects, profit margins which, if disclosed, may be detrimental to the company's interests.
Security Clearance
Ability to pass government background check for restricted area access.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to talk, hear, stand, walk and lift to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Compensation details: 105000-120000
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