Job Description

Russelectric, A Siemens Business, is a leading U.S. manufacturer of power control systems including paralleling switchgear and automatic transfer switches. As a growing business, we are looking for a Field Service Engineer to join our growing team. The field service engineer performs emergency repairs, warranty service; field service & engineering of electrical power distribution and control equipment.

Our Culture

At Siemens, we live and foster an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our company's success. We utilize lean principles to continually improve our processes and customers' experience. We trust and empower our employees to act as owners, make decisions and innovate to succeed. We communicate openly and honestly to learn from our failures and celebrate our successes. We recognize individual and team achievements frequently. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of internal and external development opportunities.

Who designs your future? You do. Working within our global company, you can design the career of your dreams. We have over 200 offices in 101 countries providing you the opportunity to see the world or stay in your own back yard.

Do you want to work for a company with innovating technologies? Can you see yourself learning, growing, and succeeding in this exciting position? If so, we'd like to meet you!

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Field Automation Support Engineer will be responsible for supporting the PLC control logic used to control and monitor switchgear systems. The engineer will also be responsible for supporting the SCADA application to ensure that all specified software operations and features are provided, accurate, and intuitive.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Maintains a positive attitude.
Always receptive to feedback, willing to learn, and embracing continuous improvement.
Communicates effectively with all levels of employees and management.
Confirm project requirements by reviewing the program objective vs. hardware provided.

Provides remote and on-site support for local filed engineers.

Provide automation support for custom PLC programs with both function block and ladder logic style programming using a standards-based approach.

Provide automation support for project specific SCADA control and monitoring screens.

Participates in the continuous improvement of PLC / SCADA programming standards.

Carry cell phone and be available for automation support 24/7.

Travel Percentage: 15-25%

PROFICIENCIES:

Strong understanding of PLC Network Architecture. This includes, but is not limited to Redundant PLC Controllers, Remote IO Drops, and all associated network protocols.
Strong understanding of Emergency Power Switchgear Systems. This includes, but is not limited to No-Load Tests, ATS Load Tests, Manual/Auto Load Control, and Generator Demand.
Ability to support custom PLC programming for new Emergency Power Switchgear Systems.
Ability to support custom PLC programming for legacy Switchgear Systems. These modifications will be implemented to an on-line facility, and a smooth transition from old to new automation is crucial. Utility/Generator Switchgear Systems provide power to the on-line facility at all times, making it extremely difficult to implement incremental upgrades. For this reason, full, accurate simulation of the system in the various stages of the upgrade is also required.
Ability to support lifelike software simulation of Emergency Power Switchgear Systems
Ability to host live demonstrations for existing and potential customers, highlighting the strengths of our switchgear automation.
Collaborate with other departments, commissioning agents, and end users to come up with improvements and new features for our Switchgear Systems.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Applicable degree in Automation and Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of formal education, training and experience.
Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to thrive in a diverse environment with minimal supervision.
Proficiency with windows based operating systems and TCP/IP networks.
Knowledge of standard data types (Boolean, Integer, Double Integer, Floating Point, etc...)
Familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming.
Ability to interpret schematics, wiring prints, point lists, and other documentation.
Experience with a variety of communication methods, such as Genius, SRTP, Ethernet Global Data, Profinet, and Modbus.
Experience with a variety of programming PLCs and SCADAs, including LM90, VersaPro, Proficy, RSLogix 5000, ProWORX, Step 7, and Wonderware.
Understanding of 3 phase power.
Understanding of diesel generator start/stop control, synchronizing, load sharing, and soft loading.

This position reports to the Field Automation Support Team Manager and is a 'home office' position.

We offer flexible vacation time, a matching 401K plan, profit sharing, full health, life, vision and dental benefits.

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Organization: Smart Infrastructure

Valid through: 4/3/2021

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release. Beginning in 2005, Siemens became embroiled in a multi-national bribery scandal. One component of this scandal was the Siemens Greek bribery scandal over deals between Siemens and Greek government officials during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Siemen's activities came under legal scrutiny when complaints from prosecutors in Italy, Liechtenstein and Switzerland lead to German authorities opening investigations, followed by a US investigation in 2006 concerning their activities while listed on US stock exchanges. The investigators found that bribing officials to win contracts was standard operating procedure. Over that time period the company paid around $1.3 billion in bribes in many countries and kept separate books to hide them. Settlement negotiations took place through most of 2008 with settlement terms announced in December 2008. The company paid a total of about $1.6 billion, around $800 million in each of the US and Germany. This was the largest bribery fine in history, at the time. The company was also obligated to spend $1 billion on setting up and funding new internal compliance regimens. Siemens pleaded guilty to violating accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; the parent company did not plead guilty to paying bribes.

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