Automation EIT

Objective:
    
The Automation Engineer-In-Training is responsible for identifying key equipment that is adversely impacting plant performance, propose robust solutions to improve reliability, and oversee their implementation. The role involves regular field inspections in an industrial environment to develop a thorough understanding of the various plant electrical and automation requirements. This new graduate position is included in the Lafarge Leadership Development Program, a curriculum designed to foster rapid development and gain exposure to essential cement manufacturing processes. The Automation EIT is expected to drive a methodical, data-driven approach to solving complex problems, and to promote continuous improvement in a fast-paced workplace.

Responsibilities:

1. Safety: Ensure compliance with OH&S, ESA, IHSA and environment policies for Electrical personnel. Establish safety culture and tackle specific actions to ensure health and safety prevention during electrical maintenance activities. Contribute to plant housekeeping and cleanliness. Serve as a role model in the areas of safety, environmental stewardship, leadership, teamwork, customer focus, and continuous improvement to ensure alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors.
2. Environmental Considerations: In consultation with the Environmental Manager, ensure that all regulatory requirements associated with the carrying out of operational duties are completed as required by the relevant regulation, certificate, or permit.
3. Project Management: Become experienced in all aspects of project management. This includes working with production and maintenance personnel to establish a firm scope of work for any upcoming projects, and then working with procurement to send RFQ’s and receive bids from contractors. Once the project is underway, the EIT will be responsible for overseeing the contractors involved, ensuring they are working safely and efficiently. Finally, the project will be commissioned, along with a hand-off to the production team.
4.  Problem Solving: This role acts as a troubleshooter for recurring or complex failures. Relying on engineering principles and analytical methods (Pareto diagrams, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode & Effects Analysis), identify and prioritize opportunities to improve plant reliability. Propose and justify corrective actions, and prepare a scope of work for their implementation.
5. Continuous Improvement: The EIT is responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives throughout the plant, including updating bills of materials, updating equipment files, creating job plans, ensuring proper inventory of spare parts, tracking plant performance metrics and implementing and updating plant automation. 
6. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Ensure that electrical tasks are performed safely, efficiently, and correctly to permit reliably, cost-effective plant performance. The EIT generates scopes of work for corrective and preventative automation and electrical tasks, requiring a thorough understanding of the problem and proposed solution. They are expected to drive reliability initiatives at the plant, using predictive techniques to identify potential failure modes and assign corrective actions prior to failure.

Relationship with Others:

• Electrical Coordinator: Coordinate work between in house electricians, external contractors and plant operations
• Control Systems Technologist: Provide support with the plant control system, process networks and sub-control systems. Liaison with contractors and vendors and supervise new installations.
• Project Managers: Establish scope, select vendor, supervise construction, and commission projects

Specific Accountabilities:

• Maintains a safe working environment for all coworkers and contractors as directed, including health and safety documentation.
• Conducts administrative tasks including SAP scheduling and budget management.
• Successfully complete projects on time and within budget, with effective use of resources.
• Facilitate Root Cause Analyses in response to significant equipment failures or production losses. Work with cross-functional teams to identify solutions and drive their implementation 
• Participate in weekly planning meetings to coordinate work scheduling priorities
• Generate follow-up reports for management (in conjunction with RCA’s) in response to major failures, and identifying the corrective and preventative actions enacted to mitigate the possibility of a recurrence. 
• Perform risk assessment prior to commencing any non-routine field work, and ensuring anyone performing work under the supervision of the EIT does the same.
• Achieves personal and departmental goals 

Dimensions

• Number of Direct Reports    0
• Reports to: Electrical Coordinator

Qualification Profile

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor of engineering program at an accredited University; or Diploma program at an accredited College for engineering technology focused on electrical, instrumentation or automation. 
• Knowledge of project management procedures, cost control, and scheduling.
• Ability to work on many tasks at the same time while keeping excellent organizational skills.
• Good leadership ability and interpersonal skills.
• Have a high drive and motivation to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Knowledge of industrial technology and manufacturing is an asset.
• Computer hardware/software and networking skills are assets.
• Electrical, Instrumentation and Control System experience are assets.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working in a team environment
• Proficiency in SAP is preferred
• •Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office suite) required
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD, Inventor) an asset
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving organizational and personal goals
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment (co-workers, suppliers, etc.)

Lominger Competency

• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Timely Decision Making
• Learning on the fly
• Peer relationships
• Problem solving
• Time management

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.  Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization/business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.