Automation Project Engineer (mfd)

We are currently seeking an Automation Project Engineer (m/f/d) for our multipurpose production site in Muttenz wo engineer is responsible for planning and coordinating automation resources within a Capex project team organization. This person is also ensuring the link with the site engineering team and the alignment with technical standards and production/customer requirements.

This includes:

• Leading a part of one or more engineering capital projects; this could be a technical responsibility across a whole project or a cross-functional responsibility for a part or phase of a project thus ensuring the timely implementation of new or improved assets consistent with business requirements and within cost and safety parameters set by a project manager.
• Managing one or more minor engineering capital projects for automation infrastructure projects
• Providing automation technical leadership for projects

Accountabilities

• Working with a project manager to shape project scope. This often requires holding ambiguity before a project scope is being finalized in a Terms of Reference
• Estimating executing and tracking costs and physical progress to ensure project delivery meets challenging time constraints and within established cost and safety parameters
• Coordinating the external resources that form a project team
• Identifying specifying and monitoring the implementation of appropriate standards for engineering for design procurement and construction to ensure compliance with company policy local regulations and assets that are fit for purpose
• Producing an engineering definition package fully describing the technical process and operational requirements of the asset to be built and subsequently developing a detailed design which meets project success criteria

Other technical accountabilities:

• Planning of automation activities according project plan expectation milestones and scope
• Identifying and managing automation resources tasks plan
• Managing daily an automation programmers team. (Documenting developing software ensuring quality solving issues monitoring weekly progress reviewing with Process & Production team)
• Supporting the project manager to update the global project plan reviewing weekly progress workload priorities and reviewing the scope changes
• Creating Software Design Specification (SDS) for CM ME and Phases according site standards user requirements (Process & Production) and Process Risk Analysis outputs (PRA)
• Organizing and managing FAT activities (Planning documenting readiness & quality resourcing listing to-dos validating)
• Supporting commissioning team (Planning troubleshooting improving/optimizing changing) and production team for Recipe creation. Managing handover to Site engineering team & Production team
• Being responsible for Software design testing FAT Software Hardware and SAT
• Supporting start-up of process control and safety system

Qualifications :

• Technical degree in Automation Engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in industrial automation preferably in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry and with support of DeltaV systems.
• Experience in building a new DeltaV Class Library: Unit Phase EQM Control Module Level
• Several years of experience with IEC 61131 (Programming languages for programmable controllers) IEC 61512 (Batch Management) and Control System
• Knowledge of fieldbus systems and industrial networks including: Profibus HART or Foundation Fieldbus. Interfaces with package units
• Experience in technical change documentation and risk analysis
• In-depth knowledge of modern standards and current trends in process automation
• Document change management of the Functional Specifications (FS) and Software design specification
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and structured working approach
• Capability to handle complex technical challenges in a goal-oriented manner
• Adaptability to new situations and flexibility
• High level of German and minimum conversational level of English
• Willingness to work in a chemical production environment

Additional Information :

We offer a variety of financial and non-financial benefits including: 

• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment 
• A superb working environment with an open culture and diverse workforce where new ideas are always welcome 
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees and gain scientific and technical excellence 
• Learning culture (Together we Grow) and wide range of training options 
• You will profit from a competitive pension fund plan attractive bonus system onsite doctor fitness room canteen and other benefits (Family friendly initiatives Child and Family allowance) 

Are you interested Please send your complete application with CV diploma work certificates and cover letter (if applicable).

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time