Senior Controls Engineer

Overview

Sedgman is seeking a Senior Industrial Process Plant Automation Engineer to work out of our Vancouver, BC office location. The Senior Industrial Process Plant Automation Engineer is responsible for optimizing industrial processes to enhance efficiency and productivity, with strong mathematical, analytical, and critical thinking skills for improving production processes across sectors such as mining, chemical and biochemical industries.

What does this role involve?

• Responsible for the design of process control and communication systems with a focus on PF studies, conceptual design, and detailed design for mines.
• Be the Engineer of Record (EoR) of the projects and collaborate with designers, subconsultants, contractors, project services teams, and the clients.
• Lead the Basic and Detail designs of instrument, process control, and communication systems.
• Prepare construction methodology, process control functional description, automation architecture, and be accountable for engineering deliverables.
• Produce project design criteria, specifications and Datasheet, RFP SoW documents;
  Complete technical bid reviews, and recommend vendors.
• Manage, review, and approve vendor drawings, DCS and PLC programming; attend FATs and SATs.
• Participate in design, operability, constructability, and HAZAN and HAZOP reviews.
• Conduct peer engineer reviews.
• Provide material and engineering cost estimates to support marketing and proposal submissions.
• Some travel may be required to attend Factory Acceptance Tests and perform on-site commissioning.

• Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical or Automation disciplines preferably.
• Minimum of fifteen years of relevant experience using PLC programming and SCADA software including on-site commissioning and project management experience.
• You must have experience with the following:
• Rockwell Automation PLC products including Factory Talk View SE.
• Industrial Ethernet networks.
• PID loop controllers.
• Mentoring and managing the workload of a team.
• Be highly competent with written English.
• Have a high level of technical writing ability, problem solving and analytical skills;
• Ability to prioritise and control workload arising from a broad user base.
• The following skills would be looked upon favourably but are not required:
• Rockwell Automation’s Plant
  
  PAx DCS solution;
  Rockwell Automation’s ACM;
  Schneider Electric products including PLCs and SCADA solutions; and DCS solutions such as Delta V.
• SQL database design with SQL query construction and Python programming experience.
• High level of competence with Microsoft Word.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada without sponsorship

• Growth – personal and professional. Opportunities to work on all types of projects, including mineral processing plants and coal processing plants.
• Variety of work including PLC programming, SCADA configuration, network design, and loop controller design.
• Working with major PLC brands and SCADA systems from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric among others.
• Opportunities to work on projects outside of Canada.
• Support for investigating new and emerging technologies and products in the Automation field.
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve work-life balance
• Great benefits package that includes health and benefits, RRSP matching, discretionary bonus
• A friendly and social work environment with strong management support for upskilling engineers.

Salary Range: $165K - $180K. The salary offered will consider education, experience, relevant skills and capability, geographic location and market conditions at the time of hire.

Sedgman Canada Limited is part of the CIMIC Group’s mineral processing company and is a leading provider of mineral processing and related infrastructure solutions to the global resources industry. Our mission is to generate sustainable returns for our shareholders by delivering projects while providing safe, rewarding careers for our people. We are a full project life cycle delivery company with offices in Australia, the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Our Values, The Sedgman Way:
Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Delivery. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to a respectful, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace. We welcome all qualified candidates and strongly support Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) to self-identify and apply.

Sedgman Canada offers qualified Automation Engineers opportunities to work in the resources industries applying their knowledge to automation tasks including PLC programming, SCADA configuration, and networking. We move quickly when we receive interest from great people. If you meet the minimum experience required, please send your cover letter and resume. Choose Sedgman as your employer of choice—we look forward to receiving your application!