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Job Description
Rockwell Automation is hiring!
We are looking for an Advanced Process Control (APC) Engineer to join us in India.
Business Area:
For over 25 years our team has used our software products and engineering procedures to create advanced analytics and model predictive control applications for customers worldwide. Our applications integrate with existing manufacturing systems to improve product quality, production capacity and energy usage. Our business is not dependent upon any one industry and our staff receives broad exposure to customers and processes in varied manufacturing environments. We have business in food, polymers, biofuels, refining and minerals processing with many exciting developments to expand.
The Role:
As an Advanced Process Control Engineer you will be at the heart of custom application delivery teams that use Rockwell Automation's advanced analytics and model predictive control products to create online applications to improve our customer's manufacturing processes. You will assess the customer's process, develop mathematical models that can be used to predict system behavior and configure online applications that use this knowledge to calculate process setpoints to control product quality, production capacity and energy usage. As part of our delivery team you will manage the full technical implementation of the projects assigned to you from preliminary design through the completion of commissioning and customer acceptance. You will cover the technical implementation including supporting hardware installation and system integration.
Responsibilities:
Delivery
- Perform technical project activities (design, system integration and installation, data analysis and modeling, application development, site installation, commissioning) as assigned by the RTM (Regional Technical Manager) or Business Manager APAC (Asia Pacific) - MPC.
- Identification to RTM of technical issues that impact project performance (scope creep, delays, requested change orders)
- Provide RTM with project information related to cost performance against plan, any performance guarantee status.
- Support the RTM's documentation of best practices for use in the development of applications.
- Lead advanced analytics projects and provide mentoring to less experienced engineers
Support
- Provide product, engineering, and application support to support existing customers
- Perform periodical system and application health checks, performance analyses and develop reports to document findings.
- Follow up on recommendations to sustain and maximize the value our applications deliver to our customers
Sales
- Support Solution Consultant (a.k.a. Sales Engineer) market development activities as requested by Business Manager APAC - MPC
- Participate in sales closure activities as requested by Business Manager.
Management
- Request/undertake professional development to remain billable/cost effective.
- Support the project staffing process to maximize overall delivery department margin.
Example Metrics
- Exceed customer expectations as measured by customer satisfaction indices Project, within budget and per contract scope Maintain project or contract margin Maintain PQSW (Project, Quote, Sales, Warranty) use at or above target Maintain or achieve relevant industry certifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or equivalent degree in chemical engineering (preferred) or other engineering with heavy modeling, statistics, or process control focus
- Interest in automation, process control and advanced model-predictive applications
- 3+ years of experience in leading complex projects in a process industry
- Experience with instrumentation, industrial control systems and supervisory control applications
- 3+ years of experience with advanced process control implementation or business case development
- Familiarity with DCS (SCADA, HMI) and PLC configuration
- Must be willing to travel up to 50% of the time, typically 1 or 2 week trips of international travel within the APAC (Asia Pacific) region, occasionally travel to other locations may be required.
- Must be willing to comply with customer safety & health requirements including submitting to and passing drug tests, safety training, etc.
- Must be fluent in English.
- Located near a international airport.
Qualifications:
- Several years of experience of implementing advanced process control solutions in a process manufacturing environment
- A degree in chemical engineering or other engineering with heavy modelling, statistics, or process control focus
- Experience :
- In leading complex projects
- with industrial computing, networking, OPC and ODBC/SQL data communications
- with DCS (SCADA, HMI) Or PLC configuration, especially in the context of integration with external applications
- with Rockwell Automation or model predictive control products
- with Rockwell Automation or predictive emissions monitoring systems
Reporting to : BUSINESS MANAGER
For further information on our products and services, see:
https://www.rockwellautomation.com/global/products/advanced-process-control
Benefits:
- The ability to collaborate with, learn from colleagues in a complex, global organisation.
- We provide a working environment with a creative company, paired with a great compensation package, great benefits, and a supportive atmosphere where you can sharpen with new challenges and development opportunities.
- Hybrid work-from-home and at a determined Rockwell Automation facility.
- Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities,
- Support from our 24/7 employee assistance program.
Primary work location: Pune
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
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