Associate Field Engineer - Port Solutions (EE25188)

Job # EE25188

Job Title Associate Field Engineer - Industrial Systems

Office Location Roanoke, VA preferred

Business Function/Department Industrial Systems/Field Engineering Port Solutions

Sales Territory, if applicable

General Role Description

Provide Technical Advisory Services (TAS) to coordinate installation and commissioning activities for assigned projects that meet project schedules and performance criteria.  

Role Accountabilities

-    Commission AC and DC drive systems and/or control software to meet design performance criteria

-    Perform tune up of closed loop regulators to ensure optimal equipment performance and meet design parameters

-    Troubleshoot and correct performance problems in complex control systems

-    Design, configure, and test system software and hardware to meet contractual requirements of assigned scope

-    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 of assigned scope

-    Recommend changes to commissioning procedures to improve system performance

-    Recommend software or hardware improvements to business unit engineering team

-    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 to support the business unit when assigned

General Employee Accountabilities

-   Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

-   Give manager best advice

-   Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

-   Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

-   Exemplify Company Core Values:  Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

-   Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

-   Recommend viable improvements proactively

-   Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Minimum Qualifications

• 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
• Classes, labs, and projects with concentration in some combination of electrical power systems, control system theory, supervisory software development, data base design/management, software engineering, robotics, or mechatronics
• Personal computer hardware and software skill proficiency
• Co-op, internship or other work experience
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with others, specifically clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts if previous employment experience
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 75%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

-   MSEE, or MSME with control automation coursework

-   Research project or thesis in the areas of electrical power systems,  control system theory, software engineering, robotics, mechatronics, or AC/DC motor drives

-   Work experience as research assistant, intern, or co-op in the above areas

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website:  https://www.tmeic.com/.  To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting.  A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application.  Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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