About this opportunity
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This Position reports to:
Senior Engineering Manager
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as a design authority in automation engineering for metals process applications. Each day, you will handle assignments across multiple projects, ensuring delivery in a cost-effective and timely manner. You will ensure that all deliverables meet contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and cybersecurity policies.
The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite
This role contributes to the Process Industries – Metals (INAU-PI, India) business in India.
Main stakeholders include customers, engineering teams, commissioning teams, and project managers.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Delivering engineering, application software development, FAT, commissioning, and service activities for automation projects.
Preparing engineering documentation such as motor/component lists, I/O lists, and supporting panel design and manufacturing.
Ensuring timely execution of projects including testing, simulation, and completed handover to customers.
Supporting customers with technical service while collaborating with internal teams for installation and commissioning.
Our team dynamics
You will join a fast-growing, well-rounded, and collaborative engineering team, where you will have opportunities to grow into project lead or functional leadership roles as the business expands.
Qualifications for the role
8–12 years of experience in automation solutions within the metals industry.
Extensive experience in PLC/DCS systems, application programming, and HMI development.
Solid knowledge of automation hardware/software, communication protocols, and industrial IT systems.
Engineering degree (B.E./B.Tech/Diploma) in Electrical or Electrical & Electronics Engineering with high honors.
Experience in engineering, commissioning, diagnosing, and servicing automation and drive systems (in cold rolling or profile mill applications).
Clear communication skills in English and ability to collaborate effectively with customers and teams.
Willingness to travel extensively (150–200 days/year).
More About us
The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs.
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