Senior Automation Engineer

I'm currently working a very exciting Senior Automation Engineer role with one of our Dublin based clients. This is a great opportunity to join a high performing and exciting team on a permanent basis. Excellent salary and benefits package available.

As a member of the engineering group that provides engineering support within a high volume, fully automated manufacturing environment, the Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for and involved in troubleshooting, maintenance and continuous improvement of the production process and equipment.

Responsibilities:

· Manage automation projects plant wide as required and liaise with vendors in the design, procurement, evaluation and acceptance of new equipment

· Support the continuous improvement of all automated equipment using Lean / Six Sigma and Project Management techniques

· Work closely with cross functional teams in monitoring equipment performance using proven troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques / methods to solve to root cause

· Provide front line technical support and leadership to Engineering, Operations, Validation, Development & Quality departments

· Support plant wide automation change control and manage software revision control systems

· Assist the Validation team in new process validation, equipment upgrades and NPI's

· Ensure all new equipment and tasks are risk assessed, support investigation and near miss resolution, and proactively drive actions to reduce safety risks

· Provide assistance in the preparation of budgets.

· Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives as appropriate – Lean, LDMS, Blitz’s.

· Assist in the training and development of Engineering Technicians

· Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.

Educational Requirements and Relevant Experience:

• B.Eng. in Electrical, Software, Manufacturing or related engineering discipline

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role with Equipment Automation, Software or related experience

· Specific experience and in-depth knowledge of Allen Bradley / Rockwell Automation products including capability to write code from specification

· Experience of High Speed Vision systems (Cognex) and Control Networks & Communication Systems (ControlNet, DeviceNet, Ethernet)

· Proficient in programming and troubleshooting of Motion Control Systems (Allen Bradley, Emerson)

· Experience of development, deployment & maintenance of SCADA / HMI systems (Allen Bradley, Schneider)