Automation Electrical Engineer

Primary responsibilities for this position include Engineering and technical support for continuous steel galvanizing and painting process lines.

• Reviews engineering logs, production performance and data to troubleshoot operational questions/problems.
• Acts as a resource for quality-related items (coil research, production and engineering logs, sales questions).
• Provides electrical/automation repairs and improvements.
• Provide parts support (researching, selection, ordering, tracking status, meeting with vendors).
• Attend and participate in production, maintenance, quality, supplier and vendor meetings.
• Make improvements by modifying automation and electrical systems.
• Responsible for documentation (print updates, procedures, maintenance reports, management support).
• Provides engineering design, major changes and implementations, capital projects.
• Manage contractors as needed.
• Coordinate and/or execute training for technicians.
• Be a technical resource for operators regarding operation and functionality of equipment.
• Backups and disaster recovery for drives and Level 1 systems.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline 
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Design level understanding of Siemens S7 lineup, TIA Portal, WinCC, IBA.
• ProfiNet and general OT network configuration/troubleshooting.
• Fiberoptic configuration/troubleshooting.
• VFD drive maintenance/troubleshooting (TMEIC a plus).
• Design level understanding of sophisticated closed loop control systems.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Two to five years of experience in the metals or related industry is preferred.
• Continuous web processing a plus.
• AutoCad or similar drafting program experience preferred.
• Rockwell experience a plus.
• Datacenter and virtualization knowledge is plus.

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.