Career Opportunities: Junior Automation Engineer (Systems) (66528)

Electrical, Instrumentation & Automation Team Member

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, SPX FLOW, Inc. innovates with customers to help feed and enhance the world by designing, delivering and servicing high value solutions at the heart of growing and sustaining our diverse communities. The company's product offering is concentrated in rotating, actuating and hydraulic technologies, as well as automated process systems, into food and beverage, industrial and power and energy markets. SPX FLOW has approximately $2 billion in annual revenues with operations in more than 30 countries and sales in more than 150 countries.

We are inviting applications from dynamic and passionate engineering graduates to join our Electrical, Instrumentation & Automation Team. The role offers hands-on exposure to Industrial electrical systems, Instrumentation & advance automation technologies in a real-time plant/project environment while working on both projects and bid proposals.

In general, he/she will work as part of a team and will collaborate closely with other team members and functional disciplines to ensure successful delivery of the project or bid scope.

What You Will Learn & Do

• Electrical & Instrumentation: Design & Execution Tasks
• Learn EIA and defining and implementing their characteristics by means of:
• Electrical architecture diagrams
• Electrical hardware selection and specification
• Network and comms configuration
• Signal exchange / interfaces with other systems
• Item numeration
• Development of tenders for subcontractors
• Study of subcontractor's quotations according to budgets
• Work on electrical system such as MCC, PCC and VFD panels
• Assist in installation and calibration of field instruments (like FLOW, Pressure, Temp etc.)
• Support commissioning and automation projects on site.
• Participate in preventive maintenance and troubleshooting activities.
• Learn industrial safety standards and best engineering practices.
• Final choice of the subcontractor
• Cabinets electrical tests (at the subcontractor's, in Local)
• Following up the field wiring on site
• Adhering to SPX Flow procedures, and utilising applicable tools and design standards, during the development of electrical solutions
• Completing design calculations (e.g. estimating number of tags) to support electrical design and equipment selection
• Hardware simulation / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT)
• Automation Design
• Learn automation solutions and defining and implementing their characteristics by means of:
• Gain practical exposure to PLC & SCADA system.
• Automation architecture diagrams
• Hardware and software selection and specification
• Control philosophy
• Software structure
• Functional design descriptions (e.g. FDS)
• Detailed design specifications (e.g. DDS)
• PLC software code (e.g. device logic, equipment modules, control modules, etc)
• Network and comms configuration
• Design and configuration of HMI applications
• Design and configuration of SCADA applications
• Interface with SCADA systems, I/O servers, etc
• Interface with MIS/MES systems and databases, where applicable
• Interface with ERP systems, where applicable
• Signal exchange / interfaces with other systems
• Adhering to SPX Flow procedures, and utilising applicable tools and design standards, during the development of automation solutions
• Completing design calculations (e.g. estimating number of tags) to support automation design and equipment selection
• Software simulation / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Fluent English – both spoken and written (CET 6 prefer)
• Additional language(s) an advantage
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work on multiple tasks, within a matrix environment
• Ability and willingness to work and build relationships with colleagues across multiple functions and geographically diverse sites
• Good analytical/problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• The ability to meet high performance standards in a team whilst maintaining ethics and integrity
• Must have experience with Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD
• Basic coding knowledge with Siemens/Rockwell PLC systems an advantage
• C++, C#, Visual Studio an advantage

Education and Experience

• Degree level qualification in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Electrical/Instrumentation/Automation Engineering)
• Good level of competence in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Batch: Current Year / Recent Graduates
• Strong academic record.