Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Location: Andover, Massachusetts
About the EcoStruxure Plant Competency Centre:
EcoStruxure Plant is a collaborative process automation system based on Schneider Electric's best of breed components in MES, SCADA, Edge Controllers, system software, MCC's, connected products through industrial networking and also IIOT application solution.
The EcoStruxure Plant Competency Centre (ESxCC) is a team of highly experienced professional engineers with the mission to provide high level technical consulting services. These services cover the system and architectural design of EcoStruxure Plant solutions. The team operates internationally with bases in Asia, Europe, and the Americas (Regional Consultants). The Regional Consulants is the team that Schneider industry engineers in the countries look to for assistance with some of the most complex customer demands, create project reference for strategic new offer of Schneider and in parallel to develop technical local autonomy in country organization for that specific new offer. The Regional Consultants must be capable to handle these demands, work with L3, and country engineers and system integrators to develop solutions which meet our customer's expectations.
The Regional Consultant team is structured to reflect the senior nature of its members. All Regional Consultant members bring many years of system and software implementation experience and have achieved a high level of expertise in their chosen disciplines. This experience is reflected in the ability of team members to manage a high level of autonomy and decision making aligned to the team mission.
Inside Regional consultant team, the team has EcoStruxure Automation Expert Regional Consultant
As experts, EcoStruxure Automation Expert regional consultant members exhibit strength in one or more EcoStruxure Plant disciplines.
About the EcoStruxure Automation Expert:
EcoStruxure Automation Expert is Schneider's answer to software-centric Automation and software-driven digital transformation Industry's trend.
EcoStruxure Automation Expert unique value proposition:
Primary Purpose of EcoStruxure Automation Expert Regional Consultant:
The ESxCC software- Centric Automation Regional Consultant will collaborate with the country organisations during the opportunity pre-sales and project execution phases. The Consultant's value-add is to assist the country to ensure that EcoStruxure Plant systems are specified, correctly proposed, designed, developed and commissioned to a high level of quality that meets the customer's requirements.
The ESxCC Consultant will strive to maintain an exceptionally high level of technical expertise in one or more disciplines of the EcoStruxure Plant domain and to broaden their expertise across multiple disciplines.
Key tasks:
Other Stakeholders:
No permanent direct reports.
May be assigned country SAE and or ADE (Application Design Engineer) and or other Consultants to execute internal and through channels projects on a needs basis.
EcoStruxure Plant Business Development Teams
Schneider country sales organisations, SAEs and or ADE
L3 System Support team
Automation Solution Centres (Internal delivery team)
Product Offer Managers/ Automation Expert's team
Areas of Responsibility:
Tasks
KPI's
Technical Expertise
§ Secure, open, interoperable, and modular control system. IEC61499 standard (event driven, object oriented and distributed approach)
§ Modern Engineering tool with specific characteristic such as asset centric model, single- line engineering, single system application, system orchestration
§ IIOT application solutions
§ Operational Management (SCADA, Historian, MES, Batch, Asset management, Alarm management, edge computing, Wonderware/ Aveva software suite)
§ Controls and Connectivity (PAC's, Industrial networking, IIoT)
§ Cyber-security (system protection)
§ Field Devices (Motor Control, iMCC, Instrumentation, Power meters)
§ Consumer Package Goods (CPG)
§ Material Handling
§ Other segment that EcoStruxure Automation Expert will target in future
Knowledge Transfer
I. Give example of technical work in the context of a project to develop EcoStruxure Automation Expert system and architecture skills in country teams
II. Distribute application notes and success stories targeting system and architecture knowledge
III. Provide coaching and mentoring to ESx Architect, SAE's/ ADE in country teams
Develop a strong technical connection with Schneider countries
I. Form close working relationships with Country technical sales and project personnel in order to provide timely and accurate technical contribution on opportunities and projects. The opportunities are provided by:
II. Assist ESx Architect, SAE's in customer presentations as the evangelist linking EcoStruxure Automation Expert values and benefits to the customer requirements.
III. Validate the proposed architecture together with local pre-sales support organization
IV. Contribute to generation of technical whitepapers, knowledge base articles and success stories.
V. Participate in user conferences, and industry conferences to promote the EcoStruxure Automation Expert values and benefits.
Pre-Sales
I. Deliver consultancy services to country organization in pre-sales activities such as joint visit, presentation and demonstration.
II. Assist ESx Architect, SAE's/ ADE to identify the customer's functional requirements and map to EcoStruxure Automation Expert system capabilities.
III. Assist country organization to validate proposed system architecture and technical proposal to meet the customer's requirements
IV. Extend the scope of project becoming IIOT application solution project by promoting apps/ advisors that has close relation with improvement of profit engine for customer
§ Active Quotation portfolio
§ Contribution to order booking
Critical Project Execution Support
I. Gather, define, and document system requirements through the running of end user requirement sessions and system integrator/ channels workshops with the local System Architect
II. Assist system architects to ensure the end user requirements are aligned with EcoStruxure Automation Expert system capabilities and represented in the developed system.
III. Assist the system integrator/ channel or Industry Leader during project execution with creating draft application/ prototype application (case by case), design reviews, design of critical portions, resolve issues with a focus to high quality implementations.
IV. Assist during Factory Acceptance Tests and commissioning to promote quality and customer acceptance.
V. Write application notes and success stories
Communication & Knowledge Management:
I. Provide consulting and mentoring for ESx Architect, SAE's and or ADE and other Professional Services/ Automation Solution Centre staff
II. Contribute to improving Engineering Capabilities/Processes by sharing knowledge and ideas
III. Conduct all communications in a professional manner
IV. Produce technical papers with solid content.
V. Maintain close relationship and provide feedback to Product Offer Marketing
VI. Continually contribute content & IP into the Schneider methodology and knowledge base.
Administration/General
I. Comply with company standards and policies
II. Manage individual priorities and deliverables
III. Maintain monthly reports and timesheets
The ideal candidate:
Key Skills & Experience Essential Desirable Qualifications
§ Tech lead / architect / proposals / system consulting experience
yes
§ 1 - 3 years training delivery experience
yes
Experience
§ Demonstrated automation domain expertise in one or more industry segments; specially in Consumer Packages Good (CPG) and Material Handling
yes
§ 5 years working experience in automation system integration and architecture roles with Schneider automation products and services.
yes
§ Deep understanding of the capabilities of one or more of the EcoStruxure disciplines:
§ Secure, open, interoperable, and modular control system. IEC61499 standard (event driven, object oriented and distributed approach)
§ Modern Engineering tool with specific characteristic such as asset centric model, single- line engineering, single system application, system orchestration
§ IIOT application solutions
§ Operational Management (SCADA, Historian, MES, Batch, Asset management, Alarm management, edge computing, Wonderware/ Aveva software suite)
§ Controls and Connectivity (PAC's, Industrial networking, IIoT)
§ Cyber-security (system protection)
§ Field Devices (Motor Control, iMCC, Instrumentation, Power meters)
yes
§ Consumer Package Goods (CPG)
§ Material handling
yes
§ Experience with competitor automation systems
yes
§ Demonstrable experience and understanding of process improvement concepts
yes
Skills/ Personal Qualities § Excellent communication skills both written and oral yes § Ability to translate between technical and business language / concepts yes § Strong English language skills yes § Commercial acumen / understanding yes § Strong facilitation and listening skills yes § Strong analytical / problem solving skills yes § Documenting and analysing requirements yes § Ability to build trust and positive relationships at all levels of an organisation yes § Proactive yes
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Schneider Electric USA, Inc
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Straumann Group
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