Automation Engineer (m/f) at Loesche Energy Systems Limited

Loesche Energy Systems Limited is an innovative family-owned machinery and plant engineering company operating worldwide. Loesche Nigeria Ltd. (LNG) was established in 2012 and is based in Lagos.

Loesche Nigeria's scope of work will include the following activities:

• Preparation and supervision of technical repairs, modifications and upgrades
• Audit of cement plants and grinding terminals
• Operations of grinding terminals and complete cement plants
• Preventive maintenance and planning
• Management of required spare parts
• Recruitment, management and training of employees
• Management of operational stability and improvement-process, product quality, performance
• Ensuring health & safety and environmental regulations

Loesche Nigeria's mission statement is to become a competence carrier for the Nigerian cement industry. It will ultimately be a process and operation-oriented subsidiary for cement plants and grinding technologies. Loesche Nigeria takes over complete responsibility of daily production businesses and ensure long-term added value for our customers through highly capable, efficient, and responsible plant management.

Therefore, LNG is looking to fill following vacancy in Nigeria:

Job Title: Automation Engineer (m/f)

Location: Lagos
Keyword: 28-29LN_17032014

Role & Responsibilities

• Creation of functional and feature descriptions (specifications) for process engineering.
• Programming and automation of PLC controls of Allen-Bradley (Rockwell-Automation) and Siemens.
• Project-specific coordination and supervision of commissioning at construction sites.
• Commissioning activities for electrical, control and instrumentation/ single drives/groups as well as for system start-up.
• Assurance of our quality standards and safety regulations during assigned commissioning activities.
• Technical elaborations/ audits with regard to electrical supervision.
• Ensure high standards in the provision of maintenance services in alignment with best maintenance practices.
• Secure optimal availability and maintenance of all electrical equipment.
• Create the necessary purchasing requisitions for spare parts.
• Training of customer personnel with regard to our machines' operation.
• Continuous reporting to the Automation / Instrumentation Manager.
• Preparing and finalizing the specific project documentation.
• Comply with all relevant company and statutory health and safety procedures and guidelines.

Requirements

• University degree in Automation Engineering.
• Several years of professional experience in programming PLC controls (S5/S7/PCS7, etc.).
• Practical experience with the visualization systems WinCC, Intouch, PCS7.
• Knowledge of process control and visualization technology as well as of control technology in complex plants.
• Very good understanding of safety and environmental regulations.
• Organisation and planning skills.
• Analytical, communicative, solution-oriented work style.
• Very good MS-Office and MS-Project knowledge.
• Business-fluent spoken and written English.
• Further languages skills would be an advantage.
• Willingness to travel to various national locations.

Application Closing Date
7th April, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online