Are you a creative problem solver? Do you enjoy collaborating with like-minded individuals to achieve a common goal? Actemium Toronto is seeking a team player who has experience as an automation engineer in systems integration or in electrical, controls and automation or systems design in manufacturing environments, specifically food, beverage, and life science industries.

What you’ll be doing

• Work with customers to define their needs.
• Receive client project requests. Create, update, and validate automation proposals.
• Attend site meetings for bidding on project work.
• Performs field survey work as necessary to evaluate proper design constraints.
• Communicates changes in scope in a consistent and professional manner.
• Performs work to design, test and implement all aspects of an industrial automation solution.
• Ability to be technical leader and role model within Actemium
• Be a leader and a mentor when resolving electrical and control issues.
• Provide on-site hands-on technical support for installation and commissioning teams.
• Manage a variety of people and tasks to provide a successfully executed project.
• Manage and maintain project budgets.
• Leads site meetings for ongoing projects.
• Participate in P&ID, HAZOP and other design reviews.
• Instrumentation selection (temperature, pressure, flow, weight, TOC, and conductivity sensing)
• Work closely with internal Electrical Designers to; (1) establish requirements for electrical design, (2) review/approval of electrical designs, (3) redline markups post commissioning.
• Onsite to implement, commission and support production startup.
• Works harmoniously with customer personnel to deliver systems with minimal or no negative impact to production by effectively scheduling and designing good shutdown protocols.
• Works with electrical personnel to perform I/O checks and leads problem resolution.
• Ensures the quality of the final product.
• Delivers complete and stringent documentation packages in the required standard format.
• Accountable for project results including attainment of financial targets for assigned projects.
• Mentor our junior/intermediate automation specialists.
• Electrical design and programming

Minimum qualifications

• 15+ years working in Industrial Automation
• Will only consider applicants located in the Toronto Area
• Education background in Engineering on an electrical, controls and automation or systems design field.
• PLC/HMIs experience with Allen-Bradley (SLC, PLC-5, & Logix Families), Siemens (TIA Portal, S7) are preferred (GE, Omron, Schneider are also acceptable)
• HMI experience with FactoryTalk View ME/SE preferred (Ignition, Wonderware, iFIX are also acceptable)
• Excellent knowledge of industrial I/O and field wiring
• Understanding of electrical design, especially 600/480VAC, 120VAC and 24VDC power distribution and loop diagrams
• PID loop programming and tuning
• Valid class G drivers license and personal transportation to travel to customer job sites

Beneficial qualifications

• Pharmaceutical automation experience including a thorough understanding of GMP/cGMP, GAMP, S88, CFR 21 Part 11 (ERES)
• Expert in programing of PLC (Allen-Bradley and Siemens focus), HMI, SCADA, Batch systems
• Experience with PlantPAx distributed control system
• Experience with E-plan or ACAD Electrical
• Experience with database development (SQL Server preferred, Oracle is also acceptable)
• Development experience with C#, vb.net, Java, or other high level languages
• Ignition experience and certification
• Knowledge of machine safety Z432-16
• Knowledge of hazardous area classifications
• Instrumentation selection, knowledge of Anderson, E+H and/or Rosemount
• PEng. or CTE designation

About your working environment

• Will be required to wear personal protective equipment in designated areas such as: hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed safety boots
• May be exposed to cold, heat and humidity, loud noise levels, and dust
• In office presence required
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals
• Travel is required in and outside the GTA.
• Overtime as required

What you need to know about us

At Actemium Toronto, you can put your creative problem-solving abilities to the test each day by supporting the execution of industrial automation projects for our various customers. You will be working with a local team and professionals from the worldwide Actemium network. Your efforts will contribute to work being completed safely, on time, on budget and meeting stated project deliverables.

Actemium Toronto is an established leader in controls integration, project management, and engineering services for a wide range of clients in a variety of industries.  The main industries we support include Food & Beverage, Brewing, and Life Sciences.  This is a full-time permanent role reporting directly to the Business Unit General Manager.  The Automation team consists of a high-performance group of managers, engineers, and technicians.

To be successful in this role

The Senior Consultant will support the execution of industrial automation projects for our various customers. The incumbent must have the desired experience and be a skilled communicator, positive, cheerful, hands-on and adaptable. They shall enjoy taking on challenges, and able to cut through the small stuff to get the job done.  Travel to customer sites is expected and the incumbent must be comfortable working at sites for varying amounts of time. 

Accessibility is important to us

We are committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise of any accommodations needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to recruit applicants, with emphasis on selecting the best qualified person for the job. For this reason, the selection process will include, but is not limited to, testing on the requirements listed above and a background check.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. No telephone calls, please.