Process Automation Engineer - Level 2 (EE26008)

Job # EE26008

Job Title Process Automation Engineer – Level 2

Office Location Roanoke, VA preferred

Business Function/Department Industrial Systems/Process Automation L2 Engineering

Sales Territory, if applicable

General Role Description

Customize and test project-specific control and automation software for PC, PLC, and drive based industrial systems meeting project schedules

Role Accountabilities

- Gather pertinent information from authorized sources to assess project requirements as related to assigned scope of work

- Identify and define interfaces to other software modules and functions

- Write software modules to satisfy project requirements

- Collaborate with project team to ensure inter-operation of software modules into overall project

- Design and conduct simulation to verify the software modules satisfy project requirements

- Provide technical support during customer witness of system test as needed

- Collaborate with peers and recommend feasible hardware/software improvements to engineering manager

- Coach associates in specific areas of technical expertise when identified by management as a function expert

- Provide technical support to commissioning engineers and customers during system installation using remote diagnostic capabilities when possible but travelling to site to provide direct support when necessary

- Plan and execute productivity enhancement and/or product development projects up to 9 months in duration to support the department goals as assigned by the management team

General Employee Accountabilities

- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

- Give manager best advice

- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

- Recommend viable improvements proactively

- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering with control automation coursework, mechatronics, computer engineering, computer science, or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• Concentration in software engineering and programming or a related field via education and/or work experience
• 2 years’ experience designing and/or maintaining process automation software in heavy industry, such as steelmaking, aluminum, or other process industries
• 2 years C++ and object-oriented programming experience using the Microsoft development environment
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, with limited notice, for site assignments up to approximately 2 months in duration

Preferred Qualifications

- Proficiency in multiple programming languages

- Experience in international field engineering assignments

- Proficiency with VMS operating systems

- Proficiency in working with Databases, such as Oracle and MS SQL

- Experience in creating Human Machine Interface (HMI) system configuration utilities using object-oriented software languages

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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