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Job Summary
- The Automation role is reporting to the Engineering Manager and is responsible for Planning and implementing related maintenance projects with professional knowledge; Supports the maintenance technician's daily work on a technical level through the preparation of various Sops and document management; Ensuring that equipment and facilities are effectively maintained and improved to improve equipment performance or efficiency; Ensure that equipment and facilities are maintained in good working condition while achieving optimal maintenance costs.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Develop automation proposals to improve plant performance and in line with set automation evolution strategies.
- Lead all automation projects planned to improve site performance.
- Implement technical automation standards compliant with company-selected automation standards.
- Create, develop, and maintain automation & digitization SOPs.
- Support equipment, utility, and facility improvement projects relevant to energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, and maintenance.
- Support the development of engineering team skills as relevant to automation, control, and digitization aiming to develop a competent, high-performing team of engineers and sociates.
- Sharing and leveraging best practices and expertise in areas of automation, control, and digitization.
- Implement training programs for staff, engineers, operators, and/or technicians where in areas of automation, control, and digitization.
- Manages instrumentation and metering maintenance and calibration program and assures instrumentation, metering, and respective systems integrity, operational consistency, and quality performance.
Maintenance & Calibration
- Drive/improve technical availability, reliability, and condition of control, automation, and digitization assets.
- Establish cost-efficient repair and maintenance/calibration processes in compliance with local regulations, HSE, GMP
- Define and execute asset classification and lifecycle management of plant process control systems, automation, and digitization.
- Develop, monitor, and improve control systems, automation, maintenance & calibration plan.
- Investigate deviations and support troubleshooting and root cause analysis with stakeholders as relevant to process control, automation, digitization, and relevant systems.
Vendor & Contractor Management
- Manage and implement company contractual policies and procedures as relevant to control, automation, digitization, and systems vendors/contractors and corresponding contracts implemented at the site.
- Develop, review, and approve vendors/contractors’ contracts for control, automation, digitization, and systems.
Project Engineering & Control
- Develop equipment specifications and system requirements for automation and digitization projects (e.g., User Requirement Specification)
- Develop and execute projects Health & Safety Risk Assessments (Equipment / Process)
- Develop test specification/plan for commissioning & qualification of automation and digitization projects
- Execute equipment FAT / SAT/inspections for automation and digitization projects
- Execute commissioning activities for automation and digitization projects
- Manage automation and digitization project deficiencies and deviations
- Perform provisional and final project handover for automation and digitization projects
Qualification
Plan and implement periodic qualification/re-qualification plans for automation, digitization, instrumentation, and metering systems.
Automation
- Develop & design Process Control Systems
- Develop & implement Coding / Recipes (DCS / SCADA / PLCs / Control Networks)
- Design, implement & maintain Historian Configuration for modules/visualization / OPEX
- Implement Software Change Controls associated with automation/system changes
- Design and implement Master Batch Records (MBR) for MES
- Establish & maintain Computer Systems Life Cycle Management
- Develop & deliver OT activities (e.g., Backup & Recovery / Patch Management / Remote Access / User Access)
- Establish & maintain new/modified end-to-end OT services/processes/procedures for Automation / Manufacturing / QC equipment
Related Job Qualification
- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- PLC technical certification
- In-depth knowledge of manufacturing and mechanical processes
- Knowledge of software design principals
- Detailed knowledge of PLC automation software and coding languages
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Experience with PLC S7-1500, S7-400
- Experience in PLC Programming language STL, SCL, LL
- Experience in HMI Programming
- Ability to coordinate with outside suppliers.
- Mechanically inclined, strong problem-solving skills, hands-on individual
- Excellent oral and written communication skills