Schneider Electric has an opportunity for an Senior Project Engineer in our Chicago, IL location, supporting the Process Automation team at our ProLeit subsidiary. This is a great opportunity towork within a small growing entity as part of the larger Schneider Electric corporation.

What will you do?

• Plan, design, and execute software engineering and commissioning work for ProLeiT’s U.S. basedbusiness in-house and on-site (25% travel to customer sites within North America).
• Provide software programming in complex process automation setups, primarily inthe brewing and food industry.
• Perform other duties adjacent to your responsibilities as Project Engineer that may be reasonably assigned to you by your manager
• Planning of project work based on review of team progress.
• Act as the senior point of contact for clients’ management teams throughout project initiation and delivery.
• Initiate and document change requests, extensions, and similar action items for client projects.

What qualifications will make you successful? 

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a related process discipline. Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Biotechnology, or process engineering preferred.
• 3 years of work experience providing engineering and commissioning services in the field of process automation working with batch centric automation systems.
• Experience utilizing Rockwell Automation PLCs, Siemens PLCs and Modicon PLCs to guarantee reliability and process stability with a real time control architecture
• Utilizing P&ID and electrical drawings to understand the setup defined for the process execution
• Experience defining and implementing the most feasible control strategies based on the layout to reach customer demands with respect to quality, efficiency and process safety;
• Experience utilizing S88 process control system functionality to provide the best possible standardization and modular repeatability of process functionality for our customers
• Experience utilizing process control systems for the automation of S88 compliant processes
• Experience creating batch models from process requirements definitions
• Experience setting up of complex structures in database models reflecting customer requirements
• Experience coordinating execution of necessary steps for full automation of processes.

What's in it for me?

Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) match, well-being programs, holidays & paid time off, military leave benefits, and more.

Who will you report to?

• This role will report directly to a technical team lead

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

Why us?

Schneider Electric is leading the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Our technologies enable the world to use energy in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner. We strive to promote a global economy that is both ecologically viable and highly productive.

€25.7bn global revenue

137 000 employees in 100 countries

45% of revenue from IoT

5% of revenue devoted for R&D

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