Associate Field Engineer - Metals (EE23115)

Job # EE23115

Job Title Associate Field Engineer – Metals

Office Location Roanoke, VA; NC; GA; TX; IN; FL preferred

Business Function/Department Industrial Systems/Field Engineering Production Systems

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

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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