Automation Engineer

CBRE is an equal opportunity employer supporting advanced workplace automation systems for a major online retailer. The Automation Engineer will troubleshoot, improve, and maintain material handling controls, industrial networks, and automation equipment while enhancing safety, uptime, reliability, and operational performance.

Responsibilities:

• Promote a safe working environment by complying with all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agencies, and company directives related to system operations and work safety
• Troubleshoot and modify software programs for material handling control systems, including PLC/PC controllers, Allen Bradley Controllogix/Compactlogix PLC platform and RSLogix 5000 software package
• Act as first level escalation in troubleshooting support, both on-site and remotely, as well as during and after business hours, to repair all MHE controls software systems. Respond quickly to emergency situations, summoning assistance as needed
• Inspect systems to ensure the operation of equipment is within design capabilities and achieve operational conditions prescribed by the client
• Oversee scope of development, work request initiation, scheduling, and inspection of work performed by outside contractors, which includes proprietary work, licensed installations, upgrades, and maintenance and inspection of specialized systems
• Engineer process solutions and reliability improvement from concept to network implementation
• Monitor Industrial networks such as Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, AS-I, motor control systems, servo drives, frequency drives, and electrical distribution systems
• Monitor material handling equipment metrics and partner with site team to resolve equipment electrical problems that create performance deficiencies
• Proactively and effectively communicate with multiple stakeholders including, but not limited to, leadership, operations and the maintenance team on technical issues and project timelines and production impacts
• Facilitate analysis and reviews of failures and processes to provide recommendations to implement improvements or retraining to avoid future incidents
• Perform controls systems assessments to maintain and improve equipment reliability
• Clearly communicate technical issues, project timelines, and product impacts with site leadership, operations and maintenance teams
• Cultivate positive working relationships with our Client and the Operations Maintenance team members
• Perform other job-related duties as needed or assigned