DCS Automation Lifecycle Specialist (Engineer/Technologist) - Automation Support Centre (Calgary/Edmonton/Fort McMurray)
Posted: January 31, 2011
Description
Spartan Controls Ltd., rated one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, sells, applies and services a wide range of high-quality process control, measurement, and automation products from "best in class" manufacturers such as Emerson Process Management, Fisher Controls, Rosemount, Bettis, Farris, Murphy, and many others. We provide solutions to the oil sands, conventional oil & gas, mining (potash, uranium, and diamond), forestry, water treatment, and food and beverage industries. Emerson Process Management is a global provider of leading-edge products and services, and is consistently recognized in Control Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards.
We are recruiting entry-level and senior Distributed Control System (DCS) Automation Lifecycle Specialists for our Automation Support Centre Team. Based in Calgary, Edmonton or Ft. McMurray, you will be working within the Project Engineering and Services teams throughout the lifecycle of small and large scale automation systems. Your work will be performed both in the office and at customer sites, applying DCS knowledge and experience to design, implement, test, deliver, integrate, commission, optimize and support Emerson DeltaV Process Control Systems (DeltaV) and DeltaV Safety Instrumented Systems (DeltaV SIS) in new and existing integrated solutions.
You will be based in one location, but will spend rotations working at other Spartan locations and at customer sites to support Engineering, Commissioning and Planned Support Services through the lifecycle of the automation system..
Role and Responsibilities
- Provide technical application and implementation of Emerson Process Management DeltaV Systems (DeltaV and DeltaV SIS) solutions to Customers and maintain awareness of their technical requirements
- Leverage DeltaV technologies to improve/optimize performance at Customer plants
- System Design
- Work with customer’s process and electrical engineers to define functional requirements
- Design system architecture, network architecture, 3rd party interfaces, and control and marshalling cabinets
- Work with the Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) department to produce drawings
- System Configuration
- Configure control strategies, shutdown keys and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs).
- Develop Human-Machine Interface (HMI) graphics
- Interface with third party products (PLCs, HMIs, OPC Clients, Historians)
- Internal Verification and Factory Acceptance Testing
- Conduct Internal Hardware and Software Acceptance Testing
- Conduct Factory Hardware and Software Acceptance Testing with customers
- Support System Integration Functional Testing (SIFT)
- Site Acceptance Testing with Customers
- Plant Commissioning at Customer sites:
- Loop checks
- Human-Machine Interface (HMI) / Graphics checks
- 3rd party interface checks
- Integration with business systems (Plant Information / Manufacturing Execution / Maintenance Management / Asset Management Systems)
- Troubleshooting
- Documentation
- Provide planned services to customers
- Backups
- Upgrades
- Integrations
- Migrations
- Optimizations
- System expansions
- Provide technical support during system shutdown and start-up activities
- Participate on 7/24 phone support rotation (approx. 2 x 1-week rotations per year)
- Provide technical support for sales teams as required
- Provide input into improvement of current engineering and service processes and practices
- Travel and shift rotations are required
Qualifications and Skills
- B.Sc. in Electrical, Computer or Chemical Engineering (emphasis on Process Control an asset) or Instrumentation Engineering Technologist Diploma
- Training will be provided; however, related process control system experience or safety systems experience an asset
- Strong technical/computer background
- Exceptional communication skills and customer service practices
- Successfully manage multiple priorities and assignments
- Work independently and within a team environment
- Willingness to travel; valid Class 5 driver license required
- Entrepreneurial work ethic
The training provided for this opportunity will consist of formal training, mentoring, and partnering with Project Engineers and Control Systems Specialists.
This is a unique career-building opportunity for individuals who want to want to work with a leading automation supplier, providing solutions based on leading-edge, industry-recognized technologies in some of the largest installations in the world. This position will provide an opportunity to gain experience in the lifecycle of an automation system from design through application, implementation and ongoing service and support with the guidance and support of a highly qualified team.c
How to Apply
Forward your resume, in confidence, to careers-cgy@spartancontrols.com
The position will close 18 February 2011.
All applicants are thanked in advance; however, only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. By submitting your resume we understand that you are providing your consent for Spartan Controls to retain your resume on file for three months to be considered for other possible employment opportunities within all Spartan Divisions and Subsidiaries.