Field Automation Expert II

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer visits as needed to generate growth
• Support sales and marketing of new services and products
• Grow customer relationships
• Preparing/updating designs for customer projects
• Contributing to the Engineering team’s objectives for Process Improvement and Standardization
• Participating in proposals (OTO) to prepare preliminary design proposals
• Operating CAD/CAE equipment to complete work assignments
• Searching for and identifying OEM drawings in the archive and customer supplied drawing files
• Using SAP to create BoMs (Bill of Materials) best suited for the manufacturing, sourcing, logistics and installation strategy
• Participating in design reviews
• Preparing design changes and processing change notifications
• Supporting the disposition of non-conforming materials, machined/fabricated components and assemblies, and installed/tested assemblies as to adequacy for use
• Understanding and following design schedules for project assignments
• Keeping supervisors abreast of progress on assigned work (milestones reached, workload, challenges, and delays)
• Engaging vendors, manufacturing personnel, and field service personnel in defining manufacturing, installation, design solutions that reduce cost and risk
• Supporting the quality department with continuous improvement and problem solving activities
• Aiding Test Engineers during start-up and commissioning. Evaluating test results and checking on guaranteed values
• Preparing and completing technical data reports/forms when needed
• Communicating with customers regarding their engineering design-related questions and concerns
• Performing System engineering for standalone and digital service projects
• Performing detailed engineering for standalone and digital service projects
• Performing field service on sites to perform commissioning of service projects
• Managing on-site resource and contractor supplier scheduling
• Responsible for project profitability
• Working with customers to obtain necessary machine information for application development
• Providing product training and supporting technical service
• Aiding in trial planning, customer proposals, trial evaluation and Continuous Improvement estimation and documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in control systems design and commissioning
• Hydraulic control experience is a plus
• Self-starting individual who can communicate with a wide variety of resources, both internally and externally
• Strong service mindset
• Knowledge of PLC Control system for hydro turbines and Generators, Governors, HPU, Excitation system, BOPe and BOPm systems for the plant
• Ability to travel up to 60% to various customer/project sites