Automation Engineer - San José, Costa Rica - Northwind Technical Services

Descripción

Job Purpose:
The Automation Engineer I is responsible for ensuring the safety, financial, and technical success of

projects and work assignments related to the support, service, maintenance, and upgrading of

NorthWind's product offerings.


Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend NorthWind inhouse training
• Design and review electrical drawings
• Perform customer training for proper operation of control systems
• Field assessments of current electrical systems
• Interface with customer and electricians
• Interpret design for customers and electricians
• Update field drawings using Eplan
• Answer customer phone calls
• Write customer and field service reports
• Create manuals and perform manual translations from English to Spanish and vice versa
• Trouble shoot electrical and control system problems remotely
• Configure HMI Computer(s)/Operator interface
• Configure HMI graphics
• Markup electrical drawings with field changes
• This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or

responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at

any time with or without notice.


Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
automation projects

• Knowledge of pneumatic conveying, extrusion, drying, separating, and compounding, weighing,

and batching, and continuous processes etc.

• Fluent use of MS Word; Excel; PowerPoint; GroupWise; EPLAN; EPlan; RSLOGIX 5000;

RSView; Microsoft Visual Basic

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or master's degree
• Electrical Engineering
• Fluent Spanish and English Language skills

Preferred Qualifications:
N/A


Preferred Characteristics:

• Ability to build effective relationships that are focused on integrity and trust
• An attitude of dedication to achieve professional success
• A focus on serving internal and external customers with respect, understanding, and

empathy

• Ability and willingness to recognize the intrinsic value of every person
• Drive and curiosity to explore new technology and innovation for continued growth and

improvement


Physical Abilities/Work Environment:

Includes but is not limited to the following:

• Climbing, kneeling, lifting
• Occasionally exerting up to 2050 pounds of force
• Use of power drills and drive motor vehicles must have a valid driver's license

Potential exposure to extreme temperatures but in general, normal office condition