Control and Automation Enginner

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.