PLC SCADA Engineer - Local to Athens, GA

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 8 Month(s)

Skills

PLC
SCADA
HMI

Job Details

Job Title: PLC SCADA Engineer
Duration: 8 Months
Location: Athens, GA (30601)

Summary:
This position has the responsibility of providing advanced design, troubleshooting support and advancement of site automation technologies including production equipment and building automation. This position will provide design, programming and troubleshooting support of automated controls to plant services department for plant engineering, construction and maintenance work. This position will also manage capital and expense projects and implement modifications to existing systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage capital and expense projects ensuring sustainable growth of site automation technologies.
  • Maintain building automation system including lifecycle management, modification and troubleshooting in compliance with BIAH SOPs and current industry standards.
  • Research and evaluate potential automation projects to determine feasibility.
  • Provide data and proposals to management to guide site investment strategy.
  • Develop and implement site automation improvement initiatives.
  • Act as automation and controls subject matter expert on large capital projects.
  • Support day to day site automation and controls needs, minimizing production loss.
  • Produce and implement CAPA plans to prevent future occurrences.
  • Lead root cause analysis initiatives as related to automation topics
  • Research new technologies, gain competency and train others after implementation.
  • This position requires multitasking and frequent assessment of priorities to ensure that production and project goals are achieved in a fast paced environment

Interface:
This position will interface with all internal functions, depending on project. Primarily, this position will interface with operations, maintenance and engineering, validation and IT. Additionally, this position will interface with external contractors specific to project or system needs.

Job Expertise
The responsibilities of this position are to interact with automation and to manage automation projects on a daily basis. Because of this, expertise with automation (PLCs, HMI/SCADAs, building automation and robotics) and project management tools is required

Skills:

  • Knowledge and understanding of biopharmaceutical regulations and good manufacturing practices is preferred.
  • Integrator level capability in the following:
  • Low voltage controls (relays, safety circuits, drives, etc.)
  • Devices and interface technologies (sensors, IO modules, fieldbus and networking)
  • PLC programming including ladder, function block and structured text. RSLogix experience is preferred.
  • HMI/SCADA FactoryTalk View experience is preferred.
  • Mechanical design methods and techniques using 30 CAD SolidWorks experience is preferred.
  • Building automation systems. Siemens Insight or Desigo experience is Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in a cross functional team. Good project management and organizational skills.

Education:

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Control Systems field+ 4 years professional experience


About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of human connection, defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA , which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at:

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at if you require reasonable accommodation.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position s starting pay is: $87.00/hr.