Associate Field Engineer - Process Automation L2 (EE24098)

Tmeic - Roanoke, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Roanoke, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Associate Field Engineer - Process Automation L2 role at TMEIC Corporation involves providing Technical Advisory Services (TAS) to coordinate installation and commissioning activities for various projects. The position is focused on ensuring that project schedules and performance criteria are met while optimizing system efficiency and troubleshooting issues in hot and cold rolling systems.

Responsibilities

• Commission software and hardware to meet design performance criteria
• Perform tune-up to meet design parameters
• Optimize the system to improve efficiency
• Troubleshoot and correct application and/or design issues in hot and cold rolling systems
• Design, configure, and test software to meet contractual requirements when assigned
• Gather pertinent information from authorized sources to assess project requirements as related to assigned scope of work
• Provide regular, accurate, and considered commissioning status reports to parties deemed appropriate to the situation
• Lead respective process component of client witness system acceptance test when assigned
• Recommend changes to commissioning procedures to improve system performance
• Recommend software improvements to engineering department
• Maintain current safety qualifications appropriate to the assigned tasks and adhere to both Company and client safety requirements
• Train client personnel on system maintenance procedures and/or system operation to ensure optimum performance and minimum downtime
• Plan and execute special projects up to 9 months in duration to support the department when assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering with control automation coursework, mechatronics, computer engineering or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of C++ and object-oriented programming using Microsoft development environment
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, more than 75% of the time, sometimes with limited notice

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in multiple programming and scripting languages
• Proficiency in Database Applications
• Familiarity with Human Machine Interface software products
• Proficiency in virtual machine environments