Project Manager – Automation
Eagan, MN, USA
Grow your career in automation with a well-established and successful engineering and design company in the St. Paul, MN area. This is a great opportunity to manage challenging and highly technical automation projects in hardware design, software design, and machine start-up and commissioning.
Why would you want to work here?
- Company is well established, successful and growing!
- Compensation is very competitive!
- Excellent benefits, company will contribute to HSA account as well!
- Bonuses are given out twice a year, depending on company profitability and employee’s contribution.
- Growth potential within the company!
- Fascinating and complex automation projects.
- Positive and nurturing culture with an emphasis on independence and teamwork!
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in automation engineering and project management
- Excellent communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, project management or related field is highly preferred
- Systems engineering experience including (10+ years)
- Reading, interpreting, finding errors and making corrections in electrical AutoCAD and schematic drawings
- Programming PLCs in ladder and function block
- Servo and VFD drive specification, configuration, and start-up
- Programming HMIs and SCADA system
- Designing and troubleshooting systems on a wide breadth of processes
- Proven analytical ability to resolve complex challenges and identify solutions that are practical, effective, and efficient.
- Project management experience to successfully manage a variety of projects
- 1-2 Larger projects with multiple PLCs and a team of 3-7 engineers on each
- 20-30 smaller projects that might only be a week of time and single engineer
- Highly organized and attentive to details.
- Good computer software skills including advanced excel tools for data manipulation, high typing rates, understanding of databases, familiarity with sharing data via OneNoteTeam/Sharepoint.
Travel Requirements:
Availability and willingness to travel during commissioning for large projects. Typically, up to 25%, one to two weeks at a time.