Automation Engineer, Lichtenburg at Bayer

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintaining the production plant to ensure availability during peak season.
• Support the team with Automation breakdowns.
• Support production in setting up various seed processing equipment.
• Manage multiple teams during shutdown maintenance.
• Maintain the safety and compliance standards on site, by ensure full compliance at all times.
• Complete all monthly safety inspections on time.
• Working in a multinational team to ensure the production goal is reached.
• Maintain all electrical and automation equipment to the highest standard.
• Lead the preventative maintenance effort and actively participating in the maintenance.
• Maintaining and participate in the One PSS on site.
• Be available on standby during peak season to support production and maximize the plant availability.
• Troubleshooting and Diagnostics of potential problems in the plant.
• Execute assigned scheduled and or planned maintenance tasks.
• Support production in setting up various seed processing equipment.
• Have specialist knowledge of:
  • Corn seed processing technology/machines
  • Satake Evolution
  • Tomra sorters
  • Cimbria equipment
  • Concetti Bagging machines
  • AEC Sheller equipment
  • Electrical motors and pumps (single and three-phase) up to 260kW.
  • Transformers and generators (2MVA)
  • PLC’s and plant SCADA systems, commissioning and installation – Siemens and Schneider
  • Siemens and Schneider drives
  • Plant network knowledge – Modbus TCP/IP & Profinet
  • Electrical single line diagram drawings (read, update, create).
  • Complex faultfinding on multidisciplinary systems
  • Ensure compliance with quality assurance standards and management system set by ISO9001

WHO YOU ARE

Experience & Qualifications

• Millwright certification with an added automation qualification (Preferably Siemens and Schneider) OR
• Electrical certification with an added automation qualification (Preferably Siemens and Schneider)
• Minimum 5 years professional experience working and maintaining automation systems – Preferably Siemens and Schneider experience
• Advance knowledge doing faultfinding on multidisciplinary systems
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in electrical/mechanical maintenance, repairs and installations
• Fluent in English
• MS Office software (Excel, E-mail, Word, Project etc.) (Skill level moderate-advanced)
• Electro-mechanical skills
• Pneumatic system knowledge