Rock Point Search
Sr Automation Engineer | Batch Process | Life Sciences
Rock Point Search, Boston, MA, United States
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Position Description
The role will involve design and implementation, technical mentoring, and project management of automation solutions with DCS, PLC, HMI, and SCADA platforms. This role is project focused with a concentration in the life sciences industry.
The Sr Controls Engineer will interact directly with customers and lead a team of engineers in identifying requirements, developing specifications, and implementing automation solutions. The Sr Engineer should have experience and capability to execute at every stage of the project life cycle.
This role will focus on leading and mentoring a young team of engineers. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer with demonstratable mentoring and leadership experience. There is further career progression available for candidates that wish to pursue it.
Position Responsibilities:
Desirable Skills, Experience, Education
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- 40 Years in business
- 35 locations in the US
- Growing in life sciences
- VP's are visionary and growth minded.
- Company growth over 450% in last 5 years
- Over 500 employee owners
- Received two patents in 2015
- Inc5000 awarded six years running
- Top Places to Work awarded
- Top100 Companies in Minnesota 2021
- Top 500 Engineering companies 2021 ENR 7 years in a row
- Top 200 design firm 2019 ENR
Benefits
- 100% ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
- Annual Bonus
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life and AD&D
- Long Term Disability
- Voluntary Short Term Disability
- Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Referral Bonus Program
- 401(k)/Profit Sharing
Services
- Control System Integration
- Industrial Automation
- Electrical and Power Engineering
- Process Mechanical Engineering
- Facilities and Infrastructure
- Environmental Information Systems
- Rotating equipment
- Industrial Water/Waste Water
- Sustainability and Microgrids
Industries
- Life Sciences
- Semiconductor
- Chemicals
- Commercial and Industrial
- Food/Beverage
- Grain Handling
- Hydrocarbon Processing
- Power generation and distribution
- Mining
- Theme Parks
- Fed/Gov
- Paper/Pulp
Position Description
The role will involve design and implementation, technical mentoring, and project management of automation solutions with DCS, PLC, HMI, and SCADA platforms. This role is project focused with a concentration in the life sciences industry.
The Sr Controls Engineer will interact directly with customers and lead a team of engineers in identifying requirements, developing specifications, and implementing automation solutions. The Sr Engineer should have experience and capability to execute at every stage of the project life cycle.
This role will focus on leading and mentoring a young team of engineers. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer with demonstratable mentoring and leadership experience. There is further career progression available for candidates that wish to pursue it.
Position Responsibilities:
- Deliver innovative automation solutions for Life Sciences projects
- Lead daily operations and activities of a projects
- Develop control system architecture
- Select the components to be used for the control system
- Detail schematic diagrams and system documentation
- Programming controllers (PLC, DCS)
- Programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA)
- Develop databases for historical system data
- Implement control systems at the client's facility
- Collaborate with project manager on; developing project execution plans, work breakdown structures and associated budgets, task prioritization and scheduling, task ordering, time tracking and reporting, financial tracking and reporting, early problem identification, conflict resolution, attending project status meetings. Also includes
- Technical writing including project definition and requirements, status reporting, process control sequence of operations, standard practices and procedures, scope of supply, requests for information, customer correspondence and code commenting
Desirable Skills, Experience, Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Control Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering
- Experience with Rockwell and Ignition
- Experience with S88 and GAMP5
- Experience with Automation of Batch processes
- In-depth understanding of PLC, HMI, DCS, SCADA
- Understanding of DCS hardware/software Emerson DeltaV - desirable
- Experience in the life sciences industry
- Experience in design of electrical schematics, control panels, including power distribution under 480VAC, and associated NEC references desired.
- Experience with AutoCAD is also desired
- Experience leading a team of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions
- Experience mentoring less experienced engineers
- Professional references, preferably one from each of the following: a subordinate, a peer, and a manager.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
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