Project Engineer

| Houston, TX
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Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 25,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Position Summary

This position requires an individual with strong technical skills relating to process control systems. The individual will need to support customers throughout the life cycle of project work. This will include providing hardware and software engineering, system start-up, and customer training. The customers may be both external and internal.

In the lead technical role, an individual will be a contributing part of a project team but also be responsible to direct, supervise, lead, and review all assigned engineering personnel and their assigned tasks for a project. The individual will assign tasks, monitor performance, review results, coordinate efforts, and track hour usage on projects. Leading and participating in start-up assignments will also be required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Functional

  • Analyzes customer's requirements to determine the optimal process control system solution and determines applicable control configuration/architecture.
  • Makes recommendations for improvements and assists Project Manager to propose these to the customer.
  • Performs conceptual process control systems design, determination of process control system strategy, design of assembled programming, and hardware design.
  • Participates in the design, implementation, test, and startup phases of complex systems projects.
  • Uses technologies used in standard offerings, new applications and extensions of current architectures or software packages.
  • Responsible for using application solution-related or technology-related best practices on assigned projects.
  • Responsible for identifying and communicating potential application solution-related or technology-related best practices.
  • Assists Project Manager with technical issues and determine changes which may/can have commercial/scheduling impact.
  • May participate in the development of the team strategic plan.
  • May provide on-site process control system start-up as required.


Leadership

  • Plans, schedules, coordinates and monitors resources for projects including setting and managing time-scales and budgets.
  • Provides verbal and written reports to communicate project status as required and contribute to project review meetings.
  • Visits internal/external panel manufacturing facilities to assess progress, provide technical assistance and for final inspection and sign off.
  • Provides a leading role in technical activities and will direct the activities of others assigned to customer projects. Take lead role in organizing, assigning, reviewing software development, direct functional specification development and planning for integrated customer witness testing.


Interpersonal

  • Client liaison and interface with management
  • Development and maintenance of customer relationship
  • Team player with the ability to integrate with other team project members
  • Interface with other groups within Rockwell Automation.


Business

  • Review project hardware/software for compliance with applicable codes/standards and assure personnel/machinery safety practices are fully implemented.
  • Coordinate customer requirements with engineering and other appropriate departments to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction is achieved



Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical related discipline or Equivalent Years of Relevant Experience.
  • Up to 30% travel
  • Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.



Preferred Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience.
  • 5+ years' experience of process control system applications throughout the project lifecycle from initial design concepts through to installation and subsequent client support.
  • Experience in the design and implementation of new and/or existing PLC based process control systems.
  • Experience with industrial communications networks, such as Ethernet/IP, fiber optic systems, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, ControlNet, DNP3.0. and/or IEC61850.
  • Experience with Rockwell Automation Products hardware and software product suites (ControlLogix, Logix 5000, FT View, FT Historian and FT VantagePoint.) experience.
  • Experience with object oriented based control system design methods.
  • Control System Architecture Design (Client Server); including Virtual Client Server design experience preferred
  • Proven abilities in design, engineering, start up, testing, and implementation phases of projects
  • Review Specifications, I&C Control drawings, HMI screens, PLC programs, SCADA, etc.
  • Requires understanding and knowledge process instrumentation such as flow, level, pressure, and temperature instruments.
  • Knowledge of Industry standard proves design methods such as ISA and UL 508A with technical/engineering controls background.
  • Knowledge of current electrical safety standards such as NEC and OHSA
  • Experience in hardware design of process control systems including control panel design including heat load calculations, power/load calculation, and circuit protection.
  • Experience in process control discrete and analog signals for DCS/PLC based systems including hardware design, hardware testing, troubleshooting and implementation.


This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation

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More Information on Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation operates in the Hardware industry. The company is located in Milwaukee, WI, Cleveland, OH, Chelmsford, MA and Bellevue, WA. Rockwell Automation was founded in 1903. It has 22000 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Health insurance and Life insurance. To see all 18 open jobs at Rockwell Automation, click here.
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