Job Description

:

Job Title / Role: Service Engineer xe2x80x93 DI CS (PLC Software Development)

Organization: Lead Country South Africa

Location: Isando, South Africa xe2x80x93 With Work from home opportunities

Reporting Manager: Project Manager External

The Business

Siemens is a global powerhouse in diversified engineering providing products, systems and solutions across the Electrification, Automation and Digitalization value chain. The company has been in existance for over 175 years igniting a history of innovation and social development. As an integrated technology company, Siemens aims to play a constructive role in Africa xe2x80x98s success story.

The Digital Industries Division offers a comprehensive portfolio of seamlessly integrated hardware, software and technology-based services to support manufacturing companies worldwide in enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of their production processes and in reducing the time to market of their products. The ultimate goal is the complete integration and digital representation of the physical value chain. The platform for this is called Digital Enterprise.

Delivers and commissions fully developed PLC code and associated Human Machine Interface (HMI/Scada) systems as part of a larger Engineering group. Provides input on platform selection to deliver best solution and required licenses selection. Can also be involved in the PLC panel designs and component selection.

Responsibilities of the Role

Completes broad scope of technical tasks including installation/commissioning, maintenance and evaluation of customers equipment and systems among others (after PM100).

Determines priorities of tasks and actions and schedules measures accordingly.

Supports customer remotely and onsite and provides 2nd and 3rd level user support in case of arising issues.

Contributes to or conducts the maintenance and improvement of internal tools, equipment, processes, and data repositories.

Contributes to or executes activities for estimation, planning, and review of technical tasks in support of overall project acquisition, negotiation, planning and management (partly before PM100).

Adheres to relevant processes and regulations.

May manage sub-contractors and monitors delivery.

May be involved in technical design and developments for service offerings.

Ensures continuous knowledge sharing with team members in accordance with a proactively managed skills matrix

Continuously follows industry and technology developments, and ensures adoption of latest trends and innovations

Continuously looking for process improvements and stimulating innovative thinking within the team to maximise productivity and efficiency

Participate in clients design studies, HAZOP, and other activities as trusted advisor

Travel to sites (within SA and cross border) for installation & commissioning, site audits, project & tender meetings, IFAT, CFAT, SAT etc

Will be required to work extended hours on site as required on projects due to critical deadlines during installation & commissioning phases

Exposure in the design, development, and deployment of Siemens Simatic TIA Portal with

5 year working experience

Simatic PCS7 experience been an advantage

Experienced in the application of integrated engineering environments and tools, including system simulation for test and training purposes

Additional Siemens product knowledge would be an advantage (Step7, WinCC with other products such as Simocode, Soft Starters, VSDxe2x80x99s)

Good understanding electrical drawings, P&IDxe2x80x99s, PFDxe2x80x99s

Able estimate effort required to complete scope of work

Manage small teams of subcontractors on site installations

Attributes and Skills

• Strong analytical skills

• Good understanding of service and project business

• Ability to work under stressful conditions

• Ability to to listen to a customers needs and assure them of way forward

• Strong communication skills; must be able to interact with all levels of the organization in both local and international organisations.

• Ability to quickly adapt to new challenges in changing environment

• Decision making skills

External/Internal Contacts:

• External: Customers, Suppliers, Auditors

• Internal: Colleagues, Management Team, Product specialists both local and in other regions

Our culture:

Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. Thatxe2x80x99s why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

The companyxe2x80x99s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

We care about your data privacy and take compliance with the POPI Act, GDPR as well as other data protection legislation seriously. For this reason, we ask you not to send us your CV or resume by email. We ask instead that you create a profile in our talent community where you can upload your CV. Setting up a profile lets us know you are interested in career opportunities with us and makes it easy for us to send you an alert when relevant positions become open

Siemens