India, Chennai
Fulltime: 50 hrs a week
Experience: 4-6 Years
Education Level: Professional Bachelor
Infrastructure
Closing: July 08, 2025

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Introduction

We are recruiting a Automation Engineer to join one of our leading multinational clients and their expanding team. This position is based in Chennai and offers an excellent opportunity for experienced proposal management professionals in the infrastructure sector.

What are you going to do 

Position: Automation Engineer.

Contract: On Permanent role.

  • As Automation Engineer 4 and as a practicing engineer, you should independently decide on engineering problems and methods
  • Representing Company in conferences to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate Work
  • Acting as a mentor for Subordinates / Junior Engineers
  • Actively participating or assisting in new business development by contributing to strategic planning, marketing, and business operations planning.
  • Planning, developing, coordinating, and directing a large and important project or a number of small projects with many complex features
  • Refining your project management skills Coordinating and reviewing the work of a small staff of engineers (typically 5 to 10)
  • Estimating manpower needs, and scheduling and assigning work to meet completion date, performing complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques, procedures, processes, products, equipment, and methods
  • Developing and evaluating plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities to be carried out by others
  • Assessing the feasibility and soundness of proposed evaluation tests, products, or equipment, when necessary data are insufficient or confirmation by testing is advisable
  • Usually performing as a staff advisor and consultant as to a technical specialty, a type of facility or equipment, or a program function.

Essential skills and knowledge 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 6+ minimum years of hands-on experience in conceptual design, engineering, construction and commissioning of automation system in continuous process industries since B.E/ B.S and Experienced 15000 Engineering Manhours or 4-6 minimum years of experience in conceptual design, engineering, construction and commissioning of automation system in continuous process industries since M.E/ M.S and Experienced 15000 Engineering Manhours. Requires the ability and expertise to use advanced techniques and the modification and extension of theories, precepts and practices of Automation resulting from progressive experience.
  • Fully competent level in all conventional aspect of Design and Application Engineering in Automation that includes automation system design, selection and sizing of field sensing devices, design of wired and wireless network, design of security aspects of network, design of SCADA and telemetry system.
  • Require the skill to handle tools to develop Intelligent P&ID and different kind of drafting tools
  • Require the skill on HMI programming and PLC Programming, integrating the whole system and familiar with AE tools by Rockwell, GE, Modicon etc.
  • Requires good communication skill and Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point)
  • Able to perform independently on all assignments with minimum technical/administrative instructions.
  • Able to devise new approaches to problems encountered and coordinates various technical aspect of work.
  • Able to plan, investigate, conduct work requiring judgement in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques procedures and criteria.
  • Able to participate to a limited degree in new business development in establishing and
  • monitoring budgets to assess profitability.
  • Able to get updated the ongoing changes in the field of Automation
  • Able to perform project management function small and moderate sized projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Cybersecurity professional certification from ISA/GICSP/CompTIA
  • Professional certification on PLC programming from any accredited agencies
  • Professional Engineer Certification from any US State or any state funded academic bodies of any country

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