Senior Automation Equipment Engineer

Senior Automation Equipment Engineer

Hovione

Lisbon, Portugal

You will be responsible to:

• Propose and take part in annual goals, resources, and budget decisions for Global Automation team;
• Report Global Automation equipment results;
• Define requirements, plan, and manage new Global Automation equipment projects or changes to the existing ones;
• Develop and review/approve specification, testing document templates, as well as internal and standard operating procedures (IOP, SOP);
• Collaborate with Automation sites to support exchange proven practices and standards;
• Collaborate in internal/external audits and inspections;
• Follow HSE program, participate in PHA, FMEA and HAZOP;
• Plan and manage Global Automation equipment projects;
• Maintain and develop standards, procedures and specifications for continuous and discrete control, alarms, interlocks, and human machine interfaces in compliance with internal and external guidelines;
• Develop and maintain standards;
• Incorporate new solutions for digital innovation

We are looking to recruit a Candidate:

• Engineering Degree (preferably Chemical, Mechanical or Automation Engineering with chemical manufacturing automation experience)
• Minimum experience of 5 years in a role related to automation projects in industrial operations
• Equipment automation design, commissioning, and qualification
• Good computer skills (office software tools, preferably with computer programming knowledge: Sequential Flow Charts and Function Block diagrams, Visual Basic, Mathematical software packages)
• Fluent in English written and spoken
• Project management, coordination, communication, and leadership skills
• Team spirit, initiative, dynamism, and creativity
• Root cause analysis/problem-solving skills