Adexen Recruitment Agency has been mandated by one of the leading manufacturing company of building materials to recruit a Automation Engineer for its operations in Nigeria. This position is based in Lagos.

COMPANY

Our client is a leading manufacturer of quality building material and member of a multinational group with products and services all over the world.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Automation engineer will be part of the operational team of the Factory.He will be a direct contact with the Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer and Production Management of the factory.His position is a staff function and requires the ability to work independent as well together with maintenance or production workers.He reports to the maintenance manager of the assigned factory.He will have perfect knowledge to designate and maintain the program back up of the automation systems in the assigned factory.Responsible for planning activities aimed at the supporting and to help the maintenance of the automated systems and connected instruments.To take part in the building up of a system for standardization of the equipment and to control its fulfillment.He will participate in the analyzing of the data about failures, that have arisen and to propose measures for preventing them occurring in the future. To designate and conduct activities for preventing breakdowns in the automated systems.He will participate in the preparation of the plans for building up new projects, extensions, reconstructions, and overhauls.Takes part in the accepting and commissioning of new automated systems.Participates in the qualification of the personnel.Preparation of work instructions, concerning the exploitation of the automated systems and the working instructions for the staff in general.Translates process ideas and requirements into an automation concept with special attention to the analyses of the requested project and the definition and set-up of a programming structure.Defines and supports / realizes the standardization of process software and hardware.Develops and executes internal training programmes for automation specialists.Support Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance technicians by means of field troubleshooting, maintenance and repair activities.Participates in or lead safety analyses.

EXPECTATIONS

Minimum of 3 years experience on Automation in a Manufacturing Industry (bottling, cement, food industry).The automation experience should cover continuous process control as well as FMCG machinesAbility to read, understand and to produce Electrical drawingsSound knowledge of PLC (SIEMENS or ALLEN BRADLEY or OMRON) and Process Control systemsAbility to understand and analyse unstructured and not documented PLC software programmes, and the ability to structure and/or comment this software.Ability to prepare a software specification based on operational formulated requirements, and the ability to translate.
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