Job Description
Role: AutoCAD System Engineer
Location: Liberty, NC
Duration: 1 Year Contract
What you’ll be doing
- Participate in daily written and verbal reports up to Senior Manager level.
- Developing process plans for battery production lines within the Battery PE department with direct support from the Manager.
- Working in a collaborative team environment (supporting other Engineers, Construction Management Group, Technicians, Vendors, General Contractors, etc.) to achieve project milestones.
- Equipment procurement, installation planning to execution, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines.
- Participate in advanced cleanliness protocols (clean room) necessary for assigned area of battery manufacturing.
- Lead and/or support equipment trials at vendors prior to shipping and on the manufacturing floor after installation ensuring all targets are met for safety, quality and productivity.
- Support shop floor-level implementation of network systems, which includes andon and Manufacturing Execution System (MES), as well as connectivity to higher level IT-managed systems, i.e. Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM).
- Support battery network system plans and specifications, applying knowledge of OPC-UA, CC-Link, SQL, and SCADA system implementation.
- Configuring manufacturing equipment PLCs (primarily Mitsubishi) for network systems connectivity using SLMP, Ethernet TCP, and Ethernet IP protocols.
- Punchlist item identification, root cause analysis, and countermeasure management
- KPI summarization, mass-production handover, and production issues support
- Cross-functional team engagement (domestic and international) to discuss open items and key project schedules/milestones.
- Creating and maintaining detailed schedules for assigned areas.
- Maintain budgets for assigned areas.
- Completing internal and external training
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or similar technical field.
- 3+ years of equivalent professional experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in production preparation and execution of capital projects, preferably from initial strategy planning to the start of mass production.
- Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M.
- Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement for manufacturing equipment installation.
- Ability to read and interpret 2D drawings including building facilities and process equipment drawings.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Proficiency with 2D and 3D drafting software such as AutoCAD.
- PLC experience including the ability to Read, interpret and modify.
- Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%.
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (such as July and December shutdown) as needed, based on project condition and schedule.
- SQL / Oracle or other database experience.
- Experience with Cisco networks and maintain a machine network.
- Experience using Ignition for programming Andon visualization and other tools.
Added bonus if you have
- Mitsubishi PLC Programming experience
- SCADA Systems experience
- MES experience
- Experience with Kepware software or similar SCADA Data systems
Job Tags
Contract work, For contractors, Work at office, Weekend work,