Automation Project Manager

Boccard Life Sciences, industrial integrator located in 35 countries, designs, manufactures, assembles, and installs process solutions for its customers worldwide in the Food & Ingredients, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, and Brewing Industries . Automation Project Manager The incumbent will be responsible for managing the planning, organizing, and staffing of the EIA phase of projects. Position Functions: Coordination with other departments and division to establish an offer by estimating EIA part and proposing an architecture Take note of user requirement specification Defend the offer to the customer with the team designated to establish the offer Define a schedule with different milestones and weekly monitoring Manage budgets and control the changes Define internal and external resource requirements Develop a specification of EIA material Define the design with process team and validate the functional description. Write functional analysis from functional description Establish a regular client contact and document each meeting Supervise contractors and advancement of manufacturing (supplier and customer site) Coordinate and ensure the commissioning of facilities When large-scale projects, manage a functional team to perform the following phases or in smaller projects, perform the following phases: Establish a requirement specification for electrical consulting (cabinet manufacturing and wiring on site) Develop I/O List from Equipment List and P&ID Develop Automation program and/or IHM program from internal development specifications or those of the client Update as-built electrical drawings Make internal tests / FAT / SAT / Commissioning documenting their respective protocols Make internals tests, Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Test and Commissioning, document their respective protocols Write Operator Manual of installation and provide user training as well as the technical file of the equipment Requirements: B.S. or Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer or equivalent with a minimum of eight years’ experience or equivalent with a minimum of five years of proven experience in a related field. Skills and Abilities: Competency in MS suite and other data entry software’s Strong willingness to learn and perform more than assigned tasks A strong interest in technical tasks and willing to go out in the field Keen eye for detail Great interpersonal skills Excellent organizational skills Ability to work on collaborative multi-disciplined projects autonomously Proactive and confident decision-making to execute of the assigned scope of work within the constraints of schedule, budget and specification Strong experience in Industrial electrical design, Information Technology and Automation domains Strong communication skills with the ability to lead and motivate the team Having a global and passionate mindset is important as you will be working in a multi-cultural environment Strong development of automated and monitored solutions on platforms following the standard IEC-1131-3 Automation knowledge: Programmable Logic controllers Rockwell Studio 5000 Schneider Unity Modicon Siemens TIA Portal Human Machine Interface Rockwell Factory Talk SE and ME Wonder ware InTouch and WSP GE iFIX Siemens WinCC Communication protocols AS-i, Ethernet IP Profinet Profibus CANopen Travel : Yes, required.