Automation Engineer

Manage Production Servers

Manage multiple production and reporting SQL servers for process setups, tracking and continuous data logging.

Develop and Troubleshoot Data Pipelines

Develop, improve and troubleshoot data flow and ETL pipelines.

Maintain Interfaces and Systems

• 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.

Create Custom Web Applications

• Build, maintain and improve custom web applications for process control, maintenance tasks and auxiliary data modeling.

Write Functional Code

• Write and update clean, functional code utilizing HTML, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and basic C#.

Troubleshoot Equipment and Networks

• Troubleshooting electrical equipment, industrial networking, servers and virtual environments.

Maintain Backups and Implement Changes

• Maintain working backups of all critical systems.
• Identify, design, and implement changes / upgrades which will increase the productivity or reliability of the process.

Qualifications

• 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).
• 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.

Preferred

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

Employer Information

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.