Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, a leading manufacturer and member of a multinational group with products and services all over the world.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Automation Engineer
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
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online