Automation Engineer
- St. John's, NL, Canada
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Job details
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Your future role within our team:
BBA is a leader in automation, digital integration, and
engineering consulting and we can offer a career that will challenge you to
solve complex real‑world
problems while expanding your technical expertise. You will join a
collaborative team that works on major industrial, utility, and energy‑sector projects across Canada.
Based out of our St. John’s office, the Automation
Engineer will design, program, and commission PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems. Your
work will support mines, power systems, and large‑scale infrastructure projects.
You will be involved from concept to commissioning, working closely with field
technicians, design engineers, and client operations teams.
Your
key responsibilities will be:
- Develop, configure, and troubleshoot PLC systems on the Rockwell platform (Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000) and others.
- Contribute to the design and development of automation and control system architectures for industrial and power applications.
- Program, test, and troubleshoot HMI, and SCADA systems across common industrial platforms.
- Translate project requirements and control narratives into structured logic, graphics, alarms, and supporting documentation.
- Support factory acceptance testing, and commissioning/start‑up activities.
- Integrate instrumentation, controllers, networks, and industrial communication protocols within automation systems.
- Diagnose and resolve control system, network, and field‑related issues during commissioning and operation.
- Prepare or update engineering deliverables including I/O lists, drawings, control philosophies, and network diagrams.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high‑quality and reliable project delivery.
- Interact with clients and develop long lasting relationships
- Follow BBA’s health, safety, environmental, and quality standards during office and site work.
Do your qualities and aspirations align with BBA’s culture?
- You push yourself to learn and grow
- You thrive in collaborative, positive teams
- You put people first and communicate clearly
- You like being close to the action
- You bring rigor, ethics, and a knowledge‑sharing mindset
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Automation Engineer at BBA will program and troubleshoot PLC, HMI and SCADA control systems, support design and commissioning, and prepare engineering documents. The role also involves working with field technicians, engineers and clients.
Requirements
Candidates need hands-on experience with Rockwell PLC programming (Studio 5000/RSLogix 5000), HMI and SCADA systems, and industrial communication networks. Strong troubleshooting, documentation and clear client communication are also expected.
Skills
- Rockwell Studio 5000
- RSLogix 5000
- PLC programming
- HMI development
- SCADA systems
- industrial communication protocols
- instrumentation
- control system architecture
- troubleshooting
- commissioning
- factory acceptance testing
- I/O list preparation
- control narratives
- alarm management
- network diagrams
- technical documentation
- cross-disciplinary collaboration
Categories
- Engineering
- Energy
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Consulting
Keywords
- PLC programming
- Rockwell
- Studio 5000
- RSLogix 5000
- HMI
- SCADA
- industrial automation
- control systems
- commissioning
- factory acceptance testing
- industrial networks
- instrumentation
- automation engineer
- controls engineer
- mining automation
- power systems automation
- I/O lists
- control philosophy
- FAT
- start-up
Tools
- Studio 5000
- RSLogix 5000
- PLC
- HMI
- SCADA