Automation Engineer - Project Manager

Job Summary

The Automation Project Manager will conduct/coordinate automation duties on assigned projects within the organization. Maintain project schedules and harmonize efforts with project team. Assist sales team on potential future projects. Determine project scope and specification to achieve customer satisfaction.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing sub-contract resource/cost, and ensure compliance with all project specific guidelines and schedule
• Develop relationships with customers, vendors, & contractors to meet project specifics
• Continually monitor assigned project staffing requirements, adding or removing assigned personnel as required for project needs
• Deliberate with management, sales, project managers and engineering staff on the possible requirements and procedures for a project
• Evolve the working practices to improve efficiency and productivity for projects.
• Incorporate customer Hardware/Software Design Specifications and implement within the project. PLC Software and SCADA configuration, Factory and Site based testing including production of all test documentation and on site commissioning for projects
• Engineer & Design electrical control panels per UL508A utilizing AutoCAD Electrical.
• To contribute to the development of relevant working procedures, templates and standards.
• Procure components to maintain project deadlines
• Assist with on-site IO testing, contractor management, customer training, and commissioning.
• Participation and technical contribution to customer and sales meetings
• Manage overall cost on electrical/controls portion of the project.
• Responsibility for electrical/controls portion of overall project success

Supervision Received

Automation Project Manager will work under the Automation Manager

Working Relationships

Automation Project Manager will maintain good personal relationships with fellow workers, vendors, manufacturers and the general public. They will be expected to participate in meetings, seminars and training as required.

Requirements

Education and Training: To become an Automation Project Manager, you require a minimum of an associate’s degree in Electrical/Automation/Instrumentation Engineering or in related fields with 5+ year’s job experience.

Communication Skill: Automation Project Manager must have excellent communication skills which they utilize when managing control portion of projects and consulting with customers.

Critical Thinking: They require good logic and reasoning skills to be able to identify weaknesses and strengths of alternative solutions or approaches to problems. Automation Project Manager must be able to troubleshoot issues in a timely manner.

Organizational skill: Their work is often to instruct and direct contractors, thereby making them persons who need excellent organizational skill to perform their duties. They must also be able to identify the details in scope when managing the electrical/controls portion of a project.