J — Automation Engineer

Plant equipment commissioning and start up. Create new and develop existing control systems and control software (Rockwell - Allen Bradley, Siemens) to improve production capability and system reliability. This was across a wide range of plant equipment from Aluminium Casting Systems, Plant Crane Assemblies, Silo Monitoring & Handling Units, Conveying Systems (Air & Belt), Gas Treatment & Filtration Systems, Casting / Melting Furnaces, Building Management Systems, Industrial HVAC Units, Shredders, Delacquer Kiln. Development was done to site standards using Add-On Instruction, SFC, Function Block Diagrams and Ladder Logic. Developed site standardised software to support current and future development projects. Provide daily and emergency support to maintenance team in diagnosing electrical/control/network system issues. Reviewed and developed fault trends to provide solutions to most frequent issues. Give guidance to Maaden Automation Department team members on programming and fault-finding issues. Interface with the Operations & Maintenance team to specify new hardware or control solutions which when implemented improved plant performance. Development of documentation and project control systems, SOPs and creation of Single-Point-Lessons for Automation and Maintenance teams to support quick resolution of frequent issues.

Design and implementation of a supervision system, Rockwell FactoryTalk suite, for all Paint Shop equipment in order to integrate all standalone HMI's (RSView, WinCC, Wonderware) and PLC's (Siemens S7-400, Rockwell PLC5 and ControlLogix) into a single supervision system composed by Servers (Domain, RSLinx, OPC) and Clients. New equipment projects commissioning, start up and integration. In the house projects, control system design, implementation /commissioning and start up. Interface with the Operations & Maintenance team to specify new hardware or control solutions which when implemented improved plant performance. Maintenance team leader for 3 years. Provide daily and emergency support to maintenance team in diagnosing electrical/control/network system issues. Developed and implemented action plans to provide solutions to most frequent issues. Develop existing control systems and control software (Rockwell - Allen Bradley, Siemens) to improve production capability and system reliability. This was across a wide range of Paint Shop equipment from Ovens, Air Replacement Plants, Conveyor Systems, Wax Application machines, Painting and Sealing application Robots ( Fanuc, ABB), Electrostatic Paint Application machines (Durr), Vision System, etc.