Job for an Automation Engineer in a leading Multinational Company

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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Minimum of 3 years experience on Automation in a Manufacturing Industry (bottling, cement, food industry).
• 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
• The automation experience should cover continuous process control as well as FMCG machines
• Ability to read, understand and to produce Electrical drawings