Senior Engineer - Operations Technology

• Direct support of key programs, ensuring on-time completion of OT activities within the overall pogram, guiding and supporting plant teams on machine connectivity and data acquisition activities
• Drive maximizing solution standardization across the enterprise, ensuring integration and adherence to industry best practices. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure machine connectivity solutions aligns with business goals and industry standards.
• Communicate and implement standard processes, also identify issues during implementation, defining actions to address it together with OT Leader.
• Promote machine connectivity adoption, escalating risks and acts as gate keeper for process governance.
• Raise the need for machine connectivity training, ensuring site stakeholders are aware of their role in the process, and proper knowledge is assimilated by each site, business and/or region.
• Reinforce the deployment of machine connectivity playbooks, best practices and lessons learned sharing across the enterprise to drive smooth machine connectivity implementation, refining and mature the OT hardwarde standard lists and supporting on evaluating non-starndard requests for OT solutions
• Expected 20-25% travel including international as determined by implementation roadmap and business needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams/resources to execute projects – plant leadership, Information Technology, Operational Excellence, Production, Quality, Facilities and Engineering

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics Engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience in manufacturing industry
• 2 to 5 of experience in machine connectivity or related 4.0 activities
• Experience in implementing machine connectivity with diverse set of assets
• Experience working with different associated functions (e.g. IT, Manufacturing Engineering, i4.0, etc)

Technical knowledge

• Proficient with computer and software tools, including advanced Excel capabilities
• Ability to read and use wiring, connection, schematic, and ladder logic diagrams to troubleshoot control systems.
• Ability to build and evaluate network diagrams / topology for new connectivity and OT devices
• Ability to setup industrial network devices (switches/routers) and connect these into the existing IT infrastructure
• Knowledge of Industrial IoT concepts & solutions.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as fabrication, assembly & test, as well as materials management and quality processes.
• Knowledge/experience setting up Kepware OPC system
• Experience in controls engineering, programming, big data, and analytics.
• Experience in PLC and HMI programming.
• Understanding of machine connectivity, communication protocols and data management.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure and system integration.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards & policies
• Knowledge or experience with Ignition (Flexware) platform (optional)
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes & associated equipment (sheet metal fabrication, molding, assembly, wiring, painting, machining, etc).

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills when talking to both technical and non-technical audencies at different levels of organization
• Ability to communicate with international peers and support organizations (vendors, IT,...)
• Demonstrate ability to understand main ideas of complex texts (manual reading)
• Ability to build strong network, collaborating and influcencing different business groups & cultures
• Ability to work on multiple project / program simultaneously
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
•  Ability to get into consesus and take decision based on standard processes