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Automation Engineer
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Designs and implements automation systems for food and beverage processing, including PLC and SCADA programming, control sequence modeling, and commissioning of industrial equipment.
About this role
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 50 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join us! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
Responsibilities / Tasks
- Know manufacturing processes in the beverage or dairy or food industry.
- CIP Know-how
- Hygienic design know-how.
- Generate pre-engineering of automation development.
- Scheduler of automation activities
- Model control sequences according to P&IDs
- List of entities, equipment controls, control modules and devices
- Designed FDS.
- Dimensioning, software and hardware list generation for automation architecture.
- Develop automation engineering, using ISA Standards.
- Review existing process engineering and make necessary changes to support project execution when necessary.
- PLC programming of process and CIP sequences.
- HMI and SCADA programming.
- Setup different Industrial protocol networks
- Setup IO periphery
- Setup and commissioning VFDs
- FAT Procedures.
- Software
- Electrical Cabinets
- Skids
- Documents
- Project commissioning
- IO test
- Dry test
- Wet commissioning
- Documents and meeting.
- Product testing.
- Water production test.
- CIP procedures.
- PAT (Product Acceptance Test)
- Documents
Your Profile / Qualifications
- Degree in engineering career (Industrial, Electrical, Automation, Mechatronics)
- Master’s degree in Automation technologies.
- Know manufacturing processes. (beverage, dairy, Liquid).
- English proficiency (B2).
- (Valuable) Formal training in Project Management.
- 5+ years of experience working as an automation engineer.
- 5+ years of experience in a process projects commissioning
- Electricity, automation, control, and pneumatics.
- PLC programming.
- Siemens
- Schneider
- Rockwell
- SCADA Programming.
- Siemens
- Schneider
- Wonderware
- Rockwell Factory Talk
- Experience in Batch or control and Continuous control.
- Industrial Protocol Networks Know-how.
- Databases know-how
- SQL scripts
- SQL table and Store Procedures.
- SQL Language.
- Server & Client Administration
- QHSE standards in industries (particularly IAA), S88, S95, S101 norms
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