Co-Op - Automation Engineering ; Richmond, Virginia,

Co-Op Opportunity - Automation Engineering

As a 100% Employee-Owned company, Robert

E. Mason & Associates, Inc. believes our Associates are the foundation of both our customers’ and our success. Our strong company culture, and belief in continued investment in our Associates, has helped us realize long Associate tenures, as well as long lasting relationships with our customers.

R.E. Mason is an Emerson Impact Partner covering North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Emerson is the global leader of process systems and solutions. R.E. Mason provides industry-leading process equipment and service for process control, automation, safety, and reliability. The industries served include Chemical, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Power & Utilities, Food & Beverage, and Pulp & Paper.

R.E. Mason is a 100% employee-owned company that offers a comprehensive, industry leading benefits package to all eligible Associates:

• Participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Retirement plan, including a Safe Harbor contribution
• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Generous paid leave options that include vacation time, sick leave, personal leave time, R.E. Mason Way Half Day, paid Jury Duty, and paid Bereavement Leave
• Paid company holidays
• Retirement and Financial Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Alternative/Hybrid Work Schedules

The Automation Engineer is responsible for the role in design, development, and implementation of our customers’ automation systems during capital projects. The Automation Engineer will be a significant contributor on customer projects. The Automation Engineer will deliver quality solutions and services to customers using the technologies provided by DeltaV, Asset Management Systems (AMS) and other Emerson solutions.

The Automation Engineer will have close interaction with project management and account management to ensure that the project is delivered within the schedule and budget and with the high level of quality expected by our customers. Additionally, the Automation Engineer will provide mentoring and leadership to other engineers assigned to projects.

The Automation Engineer will also be expected to provide support to sales, generate estimates and proposals, and contribute to operations and project management functions.

• Monitor project scope and identify and evaluate potential deviations
• Design and implement process control strategies
• Implement control strategy configurations within the DeltaV DCS system
• Write design documentation for a variety of continuous process control applications
• Support Factory Acceptance Tests ("FAT") / Software Acceptance Tests ("SAT")
• Support start-up and commissioning activities at customer sites
• Troubleshoot system hardware, software, network, and instrument bus technologies
• Contribute to company procedures and configuration standards
• Generate project configuration estimates and assist in the generation of proposal documents
• Develop custom shift, environmental, or production reports for plant maintenance and operations personnel
• Configure process modeling & simulation (using both Mynah MiMic software & DeltaV)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to meet project team commitments and deadlines.
• Ability to work in team environment; a team player
• Ability to work independently, self-directed, self-motivated, and detail oriented
• Organized and reliable; demonstrates integrity
• Be a United States Citizen with a valid driver’s license.

• Pursuing a B.S. in CHE, EE, ME, Comp. Eng., Comp. Sci., other related disciplines
• MS Office Experience

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