Automation Manager | Industry | CDI

Looking for new responsibilities that allow you to leverage your experience acquired in automation and industry?

We are recruiting an Automation Manager for a company in the Vielsalm region.

As an Automation Engineer, you are responsible for monitoring the PLC fleet and the communication network, while ensuring compliance with safety standards, the "Zero Harm" culture, quality, and environmental standards.

Your main mission is to ensure the reliability and optimization of automated systems while providing technical support to the teams.

Your responsibilities:

• Identify improvement needs to maintain or increase system reliability.

- Analyze and resolve technical malfunctions.

• Optimize HMI interfaces based on production needs and detected errors.
• Participate in projects for installing new equipment: technical validation and integration into the existing network.
• Develop and test machine interfaces to integrate new equipment.
• Define and monitor backup rules and jumpers.

• Investigate sources of improvement and propose innovative solutions.

- Manage spare parts stocks (memory cards...) and guarantee their availability.

- Train personnel in your field of expertise.

• Be the primary contact for the IT department.
• Ensure clear and reliable communication with management, colleagues, technicians, and operators.

• Minimum degree: Bachelor's in automation with proven experience in an industrial environment.

- Technical expertise in electricity and automation.

• Mastery of Siemens systems (S7 400, S7 1500, Simatic Manager, TIA Portal).
• Knowledge of Profibus, Profinet, and inter-PLC communication protocols.

• Experience with Scada WinCC or Wonderware.
• Additional assets: PLC Beckhoff TwinCat, ABB and SEW drives, Safety hardware, S5, List programming.

- Good communication skills, sense of responsibility, autonomy.

- Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving, and initiative.

- Mastery of IT tools (Office Suite, ERP SAP).

- Language knowledge: English required.