Senior Industrial Process Plant Automation Engineer

Sedgman is currently seeking a Senior Industrial Process Plant Automation Engineer to work out of our Vancouver, BC office location.

The Senior Industrial Process Plant Automation Engineer is responsible for optimizing industrial processes to enhance efficiency and productivity. This role involves extensive mathematical skills for calculating output, analytical and critical thinking skills for optimizing production processes and the ability to work in various sectors such as the mining, chemical & biochemical industries.

Do you want to build your knowledge, skills, and experience as a Senior Automation Engineer with a highly regarded multinational company that has a rapidly growing office in Vancouver BC, Canada? Come join the winning team!

• Responsible for the design of process control and communication systems with a focus on PF studies, conceptual design, and detailed design for mines.

• Be the Engineer of Record (EoR) of the projects and collaborate with designers, subconsultants, contractors, project services teams, and the clients.

• Lead the Basic and Detail designs of instrument, process control, and communication systems.

• Prepare construction methodology, process control functional description, automation architecture, and be accountable for engineering deliverables.

• Produce project design criteria, specifications and Datasheet, RFP SoW documents;
  Complete technical bid reviews, and recommend vendors.

• Manage, review, and approve vendor drawings, DCS and PLC programming; attend FATs, and SATs.

• Participate in design, operability, constructability, and HAZAN and HAZOP reviews.

• Conduct peer engineer review.

• Provide material and engineering cost estimates to support marketing and proposal submissions.

• Some travel may be required (to attend Factory Acceptance Tests and perform on-site commissioning).

• Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical or Automation disciplines preferably.

• Minimum of fifteen years' relevant experience using PLC programming and SCADA software including on-site commissioning, and project management experience.

• You must have experience with the following
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  • Rockwell Automation PLC products including Factory Talk View SE.

  • Industrial Ethernet networks.

  • PID loop controllers.

  • Mentoring and managing the workload of a team.

• Be highly competent with written English.

• Have a high level of technical writing ability, p roblem solving and analytical skills;

• Ability to prioritise and control workload arising from a broad user base.

• The following skills would be looked upon favourably but are not required, specifically experience with:

  • Rockwell Automation’s Plant
    
    PAx DCS solution;
    Rockwell Automation’s Application Code Manager (ACM);
    Schneider Electric products including PLCs and SCADA solutions; and DCS solutions such as Delta V.

  • SQL database design with SQL query construction and Python programming experience.

  • High level of competence with Microsoft Word.

• Must be eligible to work in Canada without sponsorship

• Growth – personal and professional. Opportunities to work on all types of projects, worked on from all aspects of mineral processing plants to coal processing plants.
• Variety of work including PLC programming, SCADA configuration, network design, and loop controller design.
• Working with major PLC brands and SCADA systems from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric among others.
• Opportunities to work on projects outside of Canada.
• Support for investigating new and emerging technologies and products in the Automation field.

• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve work-life balance

• Great Benefits package that includes:
  Health and benefits, RRSP Matching, Discretionary bonus

• A friendly and social work environment; strong management support for upskilling engineers.

Salary Range
: $165 K - $180 K

The salary offered to the successful person for this position will consider education, experience, relevant skills and capability, geographic location and market conditions at the time of hire.

Sedgman Canada Limited is part of the CIMIC Group’s mineral processing company and is a leading provider of mineral processing and associated…