GEA Group

Global provider of processing equipment

Automation & Commissioning Team Leader

Controls & Automation EngineeringUpdated on Nov 12

Full-timeBogotá, Bogota, ColombiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Knowledge of manufacturing processes in the beverage, dairy, or food industry.
Knowledge of Clean-in-Place (CIP) processes and hygienic design.
Ability to generate automation pre-engineering and schedule automation activities.
Ability to model control sequences according to P&IDs and define entity, equipment-control, control-module, and device lists.
Ability to design Functional Design Specifications (FDS) and dimension automation architecture, including software and hardware lists.
Ability to develop automation engineering using ISA standards and review process engineering, making changes when needed to support project execution.
Experience with programmable logic controller (PLC) programming for process and CIP sequences, and with human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) programming.
Ability to set up industrial protocol networks, input/output (I/O) periphery, and variable frequency drives (VFDs).
Knowledge of factory acceptance test (FAT) procedures, software, electrical cabinets, skids, project commissioning, I/O testing, dry testing, wet commissioning, product testing, water production testing, CIP procedures, and product acceptance testing (PAT).
Ability to coordinate resources for projects and services and cooperate with external GEA offices.
Ability to support, track, and empower individual team members and implement departmental strategy and automation standards.
Ability to communicate with internal stakeholders, including the engineering team, GEA Centers of Competence, project management team, and automation team, and external stakeholders, including customer sites, subcontractors, and providers.
Ability to manage time, describe activities, schedule milestones, and plan tasks.

Responsibilities

Assist the Head of Engineering for Nutrition Plant Engineering in defining and implementing the Automation and Commissioning department strategy.
Ensure project automation complies with customer specifications, functional analyses, GEA standards, and automation standards.
Document automation engineering according to GEA procedures and develop functional analyses.
Organize, coordinate, monitor, and control control-system development work assigned to projects when necessary.
Organize and initiate automation project implementation within the budget framework, seeking budget improvements while meeting quality and deadline constraints.
Protect GEA's contractual interests on-site regarding automation changes.
Participate in productivity improvement projects and contribute to innovation in automation.
Meet applicable site or GEA safety regulations and continually evaluate personal and supplier safety during commissioning.
Promote sharing skills and ideas across teams.

GEA is one of the world’s largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Our portfolio includes machinery and plants as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services. Used across diverse industries, they enhance the sustainability and efficiency of production processes globally.

Would you like to be part of our Team?

Join our Nutrition Plant Engineering division in Colombia and support us as a Automation & Commissioning Team Leader.

Responsibilities / Tasks

To assist and work with NPE Head of Engineering in defining and implement the strategy for the Automation & Commissioning department

Ensure project automation compliance with customer specifications, functional analysis, GEA norms and automation standards.

Document Automation Engineering according to GEA procedures.

Functional analysis development.

If necessary, organize, coordinate, monitor and control the development work for control assigned to the project.
Organize and initiate the implementation of the automation project in strict compliance with the budget framework. Seek for budget improvement according the quality and deadlines restrictions.
Preserving GEA interest in the contract on-site with regard to any changes in automation.
Participate and contribute to productivity improvement projects, as well as the innovation approach in the automation domain.
Meet regulatory safety regulations in force on the site, or established by GEA.
Evaluate constantly its own safety and the supplier’s safety during commissioning.
Promote the sharing of skills and ideas across teams

Your Profile / Qualifications

Leader Skills

To coordinate resources to attend both projects and services, as well as cooperation with external GEA offices

To support, track and empower each individual member of the team

To implement and support the strategy defined for the Automation and Commissioning department

To promote and implement automation standards

Technical Skills

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

Project commissioning

IO test

Dry test

Wet commissioning

Product testing.

Water production test.

CIP procedures.

PAT (Product Acceptance Test)

Soft Skills

Internal stakeholders communication

Engineering team.

GEA CoCs.

Project Management Team.

Automation Team.

External stakeholders communication

Costumer site

Sub suppliers

Providers

Time Management,

Activities Description.

Schedule of milestones

Task Planning.

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About the Company

GEA Group

Global provider of processing equipment

GEA Group provides systems and components for processing in the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, offering end-to-end process solutions from engineering and installation to service. Its equipment forms integrated processing lines that transform raw materials into finished products, with customizable modules for drying, separation, heating/cooling, and sanitation. It differentiates itself through a long history, global scale, and a diversified portfolio built via strategic acquisitions, enabling complete, one-stop project delivery. Its goal is to advance technologies and expand its impact by delivering reliable, efficient processing solutions that support sustainability.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Düsseldorf, Germany
Founded: 1881

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