Automation Engineer Jobs

What will you do?

The aim of our division within Schneider Electric is to provide automation solutions for our industrial process and manufacturing customers.

• Be in direct contact with customers on projects or to support existing installations.
• Prepare and check engineering documents. (Design documents, User Guide, Test documents).
• Design and develop automation solutions for our industrial customers using standard Schneider Electric products (Mainly Foxboro, Triconex, Modicon and Aveva).
• Provide internal or external consulting services in the context of automation solutions.
• Be in direct contact with customers to influence technical direction of application integration and plant intelligence solutions.
• Analyze and solve technical problems related to technologies or specific customer requirements.

This role entails 20% travel in North America.

What qualifications will make you successful? 

We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

• Experience in Pulp and Paper industry (Batch Digesters, QCS and other advance applications).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in automation
• Experience in process automation using DCS and PLC
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Automation or related)
• Registered as a Professional Engineer in Quebec or Ontario

The secret sauce:

• Strong written and verbal communications.
• Be autonomous, ability to work in a hybrid work environment, as well as with colleagues locating in remote offices.
• Interpersonal skills and working with customers.
• Bilingual French and English (English is needed to work with our costumers in North America)

What's in it for me?

• Inclusive Environment: At Schneider Electric, diversity is an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. By embracing difference, Schneider Electric builds a culture of respect where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. We are 100% committed to inclusion and our policies reflect this commitment to our employees.
• Great Benefits: Schneider Electric Canada offers an inclusive benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, group pension match, well-being programs, holidays & paid time off, recharge breaks, employee share ownership plan and more. Learn more: http://se.com/ca/careers.
• Flexibility: With our Global Flexibility at Work policy, we empower our employees to work flexibly and to manage their unique life and work in the way that works best for them. We embrace agile, flexible and smart ways of working for our people — to support higher performance, greater inclusion and well-being, and stronger resiliency. Working part-time or from the comfort of your home are just a few of the choices you can make when you need most. We work in a hybrid setting (exact configuration will be discussed with the Manager) and the rest of time with customers and/or collaborating with peers and partners at our office.
• Career Development: We empower our people to grow and learn every day, developing new skills and building careers for today and tomorrow.
• We are looking for positive, self-motivated, passionate people with a keen desire to work in an exciting, energetic, team-based design environment to help us develop next generation technologies to empower and connect our products to each other, and to our customers.

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.

€34bn global revenue

128 000+ employees in 100+ countries

45% of revenue from IoT

5% of revenue devoted for R&D

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled

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