Intermediate Automation Engineer/Technologist

The Intermediate Automation Engineer or Technologist will be part of a team that provides automation solutions to our industrial-based clients in a manner that is client-driven and responsive. The successful candidate will undertake control system design and programming for our clients in a challenging and dynamic environment, often with tight deadlines. The work will be determined according to client parameters, needs and expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Automation Engineer or Technologist will perform a variation of the following duties, depending on operational needs, customer needs, and project requirements: Design control systems for industrial applications

• Design control system changes to existing systems as needed

• Write technical documentation to support design activities and document work plans and work performed

• Design software systems for industrial applications

  · Design software system changes to existing systems as needed

•          Document software designs on a suitable platform
•          Create automation programming for PLC, HMI, Historian, VFD, PC, and other automation systems that may be required
•          Create code for database solutions and other information technology platforms
•          Perform FAT testing in the office or at the client site to a documented test plan
•          Perform commissioning services at the client site as needed as per the commissioning schedule which will require work to be completed after hours, on weekends, and on statutory holidays from time to time
•          Communicate effectively with the client about project progress in a manner that is consistent with the project goals and QCA’s best interest
•          Travel to client sites in other cities to perform work as required
•          Manage time allocations for tasks efficiently, meet deadlines for tasks as needed, and give feedback to project managers
•          Provide time estimates to management for work that will be performed
•       Enter work hours and comments into the timesheet program every week, on time, as per management deadlines 

Qualifications

•       Degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechatronics Engineering from a recognized post-secondary institution, or Diploma in Automation or equivalent from a Technical Institute.
•       5 to 7 years of relevant work experience.
•       Membership with EGBC as a P.Eng. is preferred.