Control and Automation Enginner
BH-299913
Posted: 02/04/2025
- Competitive
- Switzerland St. Gallen
- Contract
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Alternative & Renewable Energy
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Carbon Capture & Storage
The Control and Automation Engineer oversees:
● H&S:
O Contributes actively to improve Health and safety Standards for Engineering in projects for the group.
O Ensures Health & Safety values, safety and security policies and standards are maintained and integrated into all project engineering activities, including safety in design, safety in construction, etc.
O Contributes to change culture in project health and safety.
● Proposing, in relevant technical field, safe, innovative and optimized solutions allowing to reduce CAPEX costs and to improve operating performances (uptime, quality and power consumption),
● Identifying and managing technical interfaces with existing facilities,
● Executing instrumentation, control, and automation engineering (basic design, preparation of technical specifications for tendering, review and evaluation of technical offers, clarification with bidders, review of detailed design, …) on projects,
● Incorporating all applicable safety and instrumentation/automation technical standards on technical scope of the projects,
● Participating and contributing to the design reviews (safety in design, operability and maintainability),
● Contributing to technical qualification of equipment suppliers and erection contractors,
● Providing support and expertise to the project teams for equipment inspection and FAT, for trouble shooting during construction and commissioning,
● Providing “post mortem” inputs on relevant technical field on each project and sharing them,
● Conducting a technological watch with suppliers and proposing new technologies,
● Proposing continuous improvement of relevant Holcim technical standards and tools,
● Capitalizing new experiences into projects,
● Exchanging and sharing regularly with CIP experts on instrumentation, control, and automation matters.
● The Control and Automation Engineer shall exercise his/her expertise mainly in large size CCUS projects (> 100 Million CHF)
● The Control and Automation Engineer has to handle his/her activities on several Projects in parallel and depending on priorities also work on cement plant projects,
● He/she shall be able to operate in a multicultural and multi expertise team in several locations.
PROFILE REQUIRED
Level of education/qualifications normally required:
● Master Degree in Control and Automation engineering in process industry,
Specific work experience:
● Minimum 10 years of experience in project environment in process industry.
Technical / functional skills:
● Knowledge in process plant design and equipment, engineering, commissioning or maintenance,
● Knowledge of technical standards in various systems,
● Trouble shooting.
Behavioural competencies:
(Are there specific behaviours essential for this job?)
● Listening, communication and negotiation skills,
● Ability to interact with different levels in the organization and with people abroad,
● Flexibility, adaptability to changing environment in various countries,
● Cost consciousness,
● Critical mindset,
● Rigor, open minded for innovation and for change.
Leadership and managerial abilities:
● Leadership by influencing and technical authority
● Ability to manage heavy workload,
● Proven experience in management of priorities,
● Autonomy while conducting audits and site assessment in remote/adverse conditions,
● Cooperating spirit with PM&E/Project/Country teams, but challenging them.
Language skills:
● Any language widely spoken in the group.
● Combined with the capability to professionally communicate and negotiate in English.
Mobility requirements (time spent travelling internationally, nationally etc.):
● Frequent travels in project/supplier premises and construction sites. Open to travel to areas that could have adverse living conditions, limited infrastructure and accessibility.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
● H&S:
O Contributes actively to improve Health and safety Standards for Engineering in projects for the group.
O Ensures Health & Safety values, safety and security policies and standards are maintained and integrated into all project engineering activities, including safety in design, safety in construction, etc.
O Contributes to change culture in project health and safety.
● Proposing, in relevant technical field, safe, innovative and optimized solutions allowing to reduce CAPEX costs and to improve operating performances (uptime, quality and power consumption),
● Identifying and managing technical interfaces with existing facilities,
● Executing instrumentation, control, and automation engineering (basic design, preparation of technical specifications for tendering, review and evaluation of technical offers, clarification with bidders, review of detailed design, …) on projects,
● Incorporating all applicable safety and instrumentation/automation technical standards on technical scope of the projects,
● Participating and contributing to the design reviews (safety in design, operability and maintainability),
● Contributing to technical qualification of equipment suppliers and erection contractors,
● Providing support and expertise to the project teams for equipment inspection and FAT, for trouble shooting during construction and commissioning,
● Providing “post mortem” inputs on relevant technical field on each project and sharing them,
● Conducting a technological watch with suppliers and proposing new technologies,
● Proposing continuous improvement of relevant Holcim technical standards and tools,
● Capitalizing new experiences into projects,
● Exchanging and sharing regularly with CIP experts on instrumentation, control, and automation matters.
● The Control and Automation Engineer shall exercise his/her expertise mainly in large size CCUS projects (> 100 Million CHF)
● The Control and Automation Engineer has to handle his/her activities on several Projects in parallel and depending on priorities also work on cement plant projects,
● He/she shall be able to operate in a multicultural and multi expertise team in several locations.
PROFILE REQUIRED
Level of education/qualifications normally required:
● Master Degree in Control and Automation engineering in process industry,
Specific work experience:
● Minimum 10 years of experience in project environment in process industry.
Technical / functional skills:
● Knowledge in process plant design and equipment, engineering, commissioning or maintenance,
● Knowledge of technical standards in various systems,
● Trouble shooting.
Behavioural competencies:
(Are there specific behaviours essential for this job?)
● Listening, communication and negotiation skills,
● Ability to interact with different levels in the organization and with people abroad,
● Flexibility, adaptability to changing environment in various countries,
● Cost consciousness,
● Critical mindset,
● Rigor, open minded for innovation and for change.
Leadership and managerial abilities:
● Leadership by influencing and technical authority
● Ability to manage heavy workload,
● Proven experience in management of priorities,
● Autonomy while conducting audits and site assessment in remote/adverse conditions,
● Cooperating spirit with PM&E/Project/Country teams, but challenging them.
Language skills:
● Any language widely spoken in the group.
● Combined with the capability to professionally communicate and negotiate in English.
Mobility requirements (time spent travelling internationally, nationally etc.):
● Frequent travels in project/supplier premises and construction sites. Open to travel to areas that could have adverse living conditions, limited infrastructure and accessibility.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.