Automation Engineer

Qualifications/Experience required

Competencies and Critical Success Factors

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Sharing:

• Leads efforts to share knowledge continuously within the project team.
• Actively promotes and encourages knowledge exchange among colleagues.

Building Partnerships:

• Builds and maintains a professional network of contacts.
• Analyzes and identifies collaboration opportunities to strengthen relationships with internal and external partners and clients.
• Fosters positive communication within the team to ensure effective execution and minimize conflicts.
• Establishes and manages professional communication with external partners to enhance business outcomes and reduce conflicts.

Research and Analysis:

• Generates innovative ideas and suggests new approaches.
• Searches for best practices and proposes more effective methods for achieving business goals.

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise:

• Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of Colas Rail-Egypt's core business.
• Possesses knowledge of organizational policies, procedures, and corporate governance.
• Exhibits proficiency in information technology, particularly in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, applying these tools effectively in daily tasks.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Shows innovation, resourcefulness, and a capacity for rapid learning.
• Upholds ethics and integrity.
• Is self-motivated and committed to organizational success.
• Demonstrates strong teamwork abilities.
• Communicates effectively and fosters open, healthy communication within the team.
• Capable of multitasking and performing under minimal supervision.
• Promotes a culture of learning and knowledge-sharing while encouraging contributions from team members.
• Displays solid work ethics and consistently takes measures to ensure workplace safety and protect colleagues' health.

Core Functions-Tasks / Key Results Expected

Responsibilities Include:

• Automation and IT Assignments: Execute tasks related to automation and industrial IT, including drafting technical specifications for hardware, software, coding, and production rules.
• Technical Analysis: Develop functional and organic analyses for automation and supervision projects.
• Solution Implementation: Propose and implement technical solutions aligned with client specifications.
• Documentation Management: Create, update, and optimize design documentation within assigned responsibilities, providing support and expertise as needed.
• Supplier Consultations: Assist in preparing technical files for supplier consultations.
• Programming and Updates: Conduct industrial automation programming for subsystems and update existing source codes.
• Drawings and Cable Lists: Select detailed circuit and equipment drawings, terminal blocks, and routing diagrams; prepare cable lists during various project phases (FAT/design/installation/pre-commissioning/testing).
• Material Inspection: Perform regular quality assessments of incoming materials and outgoing products.
• Interface Applications: Develop interface applications using object-oriented programming languages.
• Development and Commissioning: Participate in equipment development and commissioning at factories and customer sites.
• Testing and Debugging: Support subsystem testing, commissioning, and debugging of source codes during installation and warranty phases.
• Change Management: Manage deviations and modification requests, applying necessary changes until final project approval.
• Equipment and Version Control: Draft automation equipment lists (with references) and manage software versioning.
• Tender Support: Contribute to tender activities, including pricing tasks.
• Configuration Control: Actively participate in hardware and software configuration control processes.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Report to the manager, ensuring traceability of files and codes, while tracking client requirements to ensure compliance.
• Risk Management: Identify risks (schedule, design, equipment), propose corrective or innovative solutions, and escalate concerns when necessary.
• Activity Reporting: Provide updates on progress, variations, and technical issues to the manager.