Job Reference: 1284 Location: Lagos Industry: Industry & Manufacturing Function: Engineering Job Description
The Automation engineer will be part of the operational team of the Factory
He will be a direct contact with the Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer and Production Management of the factory
The position requires the ability to work independent as well as together with maintenance or production workers
He/She reports to the maintenance manager of the assigned factory
Perfect knowledge to designate and maintain the program back up of the automation systems in the assigned factory
Responsible for planning activities aimed at supporting and helping the maintenance of the automated systems and connected instruments
To take part in building up of a system for standardization of the equipment and to control its fulfillment
Participate in analyzing of data on failures that arise and to propose measures for preventing them occurring in the future
To designate and conduct activities for preventing breakdowns in the automated systems
Participate in the preparation of the plans for building up new projects, extensions, reconstructions, and overhauls
Take part in accepting and commissioning of new automated systems
Participate in the qualification of the personnel
Preparation of work instructions concerning the exploitation of the automated systems and the working instructions for the staff in general
Translate process ideas and requirements into an automation concept with special attention to the analyses of the requested project and the definition and set-up of a programming structure
Define and support standardization of process software and hardware
Develop and execute internal training programmes for automation specialists
Support Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance technicians by means of field troubleshooting, maintenance and repair activities
Participate in or lead safety analyses
Expectations
Minimum of 3 years experience on Automation in a Manufacturing Industry (bottling, cement, food industry).
The automation experience should cover continuous process control as well as FMCG machines
Ability to read, understand and to produce Electrical drawings
Sound knowledge of PLC (SIEMENS or ALLEN BRADLEY or OMRON) and Process Control systems
Ability to understand and analyse unstructured and not documented PLC software programmes, and the ability to structure and/or comment this software.
Ability to prepare a software specification based on operational formulated requirements, and the ability to translate
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