Senior Automation Engineer (Honeywell)

Location: Concord, CA

Senior Automation Engineer (Honeywell)

Concord (Bay Area), CA, US
Salary Range:$90,000.00 To 180,000.00 Annually
Employee-owned company offering profit-sharing and an average 8-year employee retention rate. We deliver top-quality services to the Refining, Gas & Oil, Pipeline, Renewable, Chemical, and Biopharm Industries.

Position Summary:

The Senior Automation Engineer is accountable for leading, delivering, developing, and implementing automation projects. They are responsible for designing and specifying DCS/Logic Solver PLC components and networking requirements, developing functional narratives and system specifications, and other related documents. The Senior Automation Engineer also participates in troubleshooting and root cause analysis for control system-related issues.

Education:

Required: BS in Engineering or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Desired: Registration as a Professional Engineer.

Key Attributes:

  • Engages in engineering and designing control systems for projects of various sizes.
  • Takes charge of engineering, designing, and selecting overall control systems.
  • Capable of scoping and detailing the subject system philosophy for large projects.
  • Applies company standards, procedures, and tools.
  • Understands and applies all client and safety policies.


Core Competencies:

  • Takes technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments.
  • Performs specialized technical work, including development of systems engineering, distributive and/or computer controls of processes.
  • Establishes basic design and specifications for control systems and associated instrumentation.
  • Implement control concepts as required.
  • Keeps the Project Leads/Manager informed of scope changes and design deviations.
  • Participates in overall control system design work, including installation drawings and details, loops drawings, logic diagrams, and vendor drawings.
  • DCS:
    1. DCS graphics, database, and configuration (Honeywell preferred, plus others)
    2. Familiarity with P&IDs, Logic Diagrams, Cause / Effect matrices, and Functional Narratives
    3. Test procedure development
    4. Cutovers/loop checks
    5. Startup assistance/troubleshooting
    6. Operations/maintenance training
  • PLC / HMI Programming:
    1. PLC programming (Allen Bradley CLX and PLC5 preferred, plus others)
    2. HMI programming (PanelView and RSView preferred, plus others)
    3. Familiarity with P&IDs, Logic Diagrams, Cause / Effect matrices, and Functional Narratives
    4. Test procedure development
    5. Cutovers/loop checks
    6. Startup assistance/troubleshooting
    7. Operations/maintenance training
  • Safety System Logic Solvers
    1. Logic Solver programming (Triconex Platform preferred, plus others)
    2. Logic Validation Software programming (Schneider Safety Validator preferred, plus others)
    3. Familiarity with P&ID's, Logic Diagrams, Cause / Effect matrices, and Functional Narratives
    4. Test procedure development
    5. Cutovers/loop checks
    6. Startup assistance/troubleshooting
    7. Operations/maintenance training

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary with a discretionary bonus potential
  • Benefit Time Off (BTO) that can be used as paid vacation, sick time, holiday funding, or as cash-out
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k) plan for retirement with employer match
  • Company-funded health and dental insurance with low employee cost sharing
  • Wellness & Vision subsidy
  • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
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