Specialist Automation Solutions
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Job Summary
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Description
Location: To be determined within Ontario & Alberta
Under the direction of the Manager Operations Systems this role is responsible for supporting maintaining and enhancing automation and control systems used across operational facilities such as hubs and terminals. The position focuses on ensuring system availability improving operational performance and contributing to the development of scalable automation solutions.
Responsibilities
Operational Technology Support
- Adhere to all safety standards and operational policies.
- Ensure high availability and reliable performance of supervisory control systems (e.g. SCADA HMI platforms).
- Perform on-site day-to-day OT maintenance activities.
- Troubleshoot end-to-end communication issues across devices networks and automation layers.
- Deploy system updates and patches including rollback when required.
- Manage software and hardware version control for critical systems and devices.
- Upgrade firmware for controllers label printers handheld scanners and other automation equipment.
- Execute planned preventive maintenance for vision systems dimension-weight-scan tunnels label printers and handheld devices.
- Perform corrective maintenance to minimize downtime and restore system performance.
Industrial Automation & SCADA Development
- Develop configure and maintain industrial applications using Ignition (Perspective Vision Tags Gateways Scripting Reporting).
- Create and maintain dashboards HMIs and datadriven visualizations for operational insights.
- Participate in designing and validating automation workflows and logic for sortation and tracking.
- Build and execute comprehensive test plans document results and track issues through resolution.
- Perform system integration between controls databases APIs and enterprise systems.
- Study sort plans and recommend modifications or improvements to enhance throughput and reliability.
Systems & Network Administration
- Maintain and troubleshoot network infrastructure.
- Monitor performance of servers virtual machines network devices and storage systems; report abnormalities proactively.
- Recommend and implement network security enhancements within the OT environments.
- Maintain backup and restore configurations including updating backup plans and testing recovery procedures.
- Manage host servers virtualization environments (e.g. HyperV) and supporting hardware.
- Coordinate service requests and vendor support when required.
Data & Infrastructure
- Work with relational database systems (e.g. SQLbased platforms) for reporting logging and application integration.
- Maintain monitoring tools and dashboards (e.g. Grafana) for system health and KPIs.
- Support and maintain power protection systems (UPS) used for critical automation infrastructure.
- Manage spare parts inventory and coordinate procurement of required components.
Reporting & Analysis
- Conduct root-cause analysis for system process and automation failures.
- Document findings and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
- Provide ongoing performance improvement recommendations for both operational and technical systems.
Qualifications and Experience
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science Electrical/Electronics Engineering Mechatronics or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience supporting industrial automation OT or control systems.
- Certifications such as CompTIA Network CCNA CAP or equivalent are considered assets.
- Experience with:
- SCADA systems and industrial control platforms
- Server hardware and OS
- Virtualization architectures
- Ethernet and industrial wireless networks
- Vision systems and OCR technologies
- Generic SQL-based database systems
- Backup and restore tools (e.g. Veeam)
- Monitoring tools
- PLCs industrial communication protocols and field I/O
- Label printers and handheld scanning devices
- Ignition SCADA development
- Data visualization (e.g. Power BI) for dashboards reporting and operational analytics
- Experience in instrumentation automation or process control networks.
- Experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g. Profinet Modbus OPC UA) is considered an asset.
- Experience in logistics courier or transportation operations is an asset.
- Experience leading or managing technical projects.
- Strong time management communication analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Proven ability in rootcause analysis and technical troubleshooting.
POSTING DETAILS
Location: 576 - NHO
Working Conditions: Office Environment
Reports to: Manager Systems Operations
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