Electrical / Automation Engineer

Electrical / Automation Engineer (Experienced Professional)

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This opportunity is in Lexington, SC at our US7 Earthmover Plant near the capital city of Columbia. We make the largest tires in the world and would love to have you join our team! We are a growing team of nearly 1000 employees. Lexington is the ideal location, as we are less than 3 hours from the beach and the mountains, with Lake Murray nestled in our backyard. You’ll love our climate, our people, and our Company.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This engineer will be responsible for completing the Electrical / Automation portion of projects in support of the Plant Capital Projects execution, as well as Plant Technical support to enable the plant to meet its market, productivity, and/or quality goals.  They will assist management with pre-studies of deployment and development projects in the EE automation field. They will also complete design studies, follow procurement and fabrication of equipment and lead the installation, commissioning and startup of the equipment in an industrial plant environment. For customer projects, manages the design studies for industrial electrical equipment, and low/high voltage electrical installations that are necessary for the success of the Plant’s capital projects. She / he will ensure adherence to the customer’s specifications, local regulations, compliance of performance, and costs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Provide detailed electrical design and automation programming for assigned projects.

Provide estimates and technical schedules for all phases of process equipment addition, replacement or upgrade.

Provide backup support and training to plant maintenance teams on new automation systems that they implement.

Collaborate with internal company support groups to accomplish objectives and provide contract engineering management and direction when needed.

Participate in assigned capital projects and/or modifications from start to finish, including equipment reception, commissioning, and acceptance.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

Bachelors in Electro-mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical experience in the field

Preferred minimum of at least 3 years of Engineering experience

Minimal travel, 5-10% maximum (vendor machine acceptance, support of local facility)

Experience with electrical design standards and able to complete controls systems designs using standard CAD design tools

Experience with PLC programming standards & programming software, including GRAFCET, Ladder Logic, and Structured Text.  Specific experience with Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) and Siemens is a plus.

Experience with Variable Frequency drives and Motion Control technologies.   Specific experience with Rockwell, Siemens and Control Techniques is a plus.

Experience with HMI configuration, programming and communication.  Specific experience with Rockwell is a plus.

Experience with controls systems network interfaces and various protocols for communications between devices including computer system databases.

Experience in Project Team Leadership or Project Management is preferred, but not required

Vision System configuration and interface for width measurement applications and defect detection applications is preferred but not required.  Specific experience with Cognex, Keyence, Adept, Bytewise, Gocator is a plus.

Robotic experience, configuration or knowledge is a plus but not required.  Specific experience with Fanuc, ABB is a plus. Experience with Vision Systems is a plus.

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This position is not available for immigration sponsorship.

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