Controls / Automation Engineer

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
Join us and lead tech innovation for autonomous vehicles!
What you will win:
As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share. You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.
About the Role:
As a Controls/Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing the control part and program of the equipment, including sequential chart (grafcet). You will participate actively to the automation roll-out plan of its entity, developing and fine-tuning automated stations and deploy the digital applications of the Group linked to the Production & the Supply Chain, such as the MES deployment, regarding the connection of PLCs to the MES. You will troubleshoot and solve the machines' reliability issues linked to PLC and ensure a sustainable good working of PLCs and mitigate the risks linked to PLC.
Responsibilities:
Industrialization

• Know and apply the IProM procedure, including the Lean Process Design Methodology (for big automation projects)
• Be able to do functional analysis
• Analyze the operating and stopping modes of equipment
• Apply standards in its area of expertise
• Able to design the electrical and pneumatic plans of equipment
• Support actively the ramp-up of new equipment to make them successful
• To be able to create specifications in its area of expertise
• Manage the subcontractors
• Be able to create specifications in its area of expertise

Production & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor the performance (QCDM) of equipment to identify room for progress and implement progress actions in his field (for TRP, breakdown & micro stoppages rate progress)
• Perform continuous improvement of equipment of his perimeter (reliability, cost, performance)
• Work on Cycle time reduction to solve bottlenecks, bring savings and optimize investments, improving the HMACPI of its entity.
• Work on the identification and implementation of automation projects
• Support the production & maintenance departments, to improve the MTTR ( analysis, problem solving)
• Act for a fast & cost-optimized connection of machines' PLC to the MES, with error codes management
• Be able to transfer knowledge to production and maintenance people for an improved reactivity (1st level)
• Participle to APU QRQC, according to site organization & need
• Work on obsolescence plans (identification & solving of issues)
• Work on breakdowns risks mitigation plan (identification & implementation)
• Be in contact with the suppliers (improvement, support)

Safety & environment

• Ensure the respect of Safety and Environment directives, including LOTO.
• Act permanently to reduce accident risks
• Act to improve the 5S (including machines' documentation) and react to issues.

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Automation Engineering or Industrial Computer Science
• Manufacturing and maintenance experience
• PLC knowledge and programming

Join us!
Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!
Diversity by nature
At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talent. Are you looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about Valeo : https://www.valeo.com
Job:
Process/ManufEngineering Engineer/Technician
Organization:
Production
Schedule:
Full time
Employee Status:
Regular
Job Type:
Permanent contract
Job Posting Date:
2024-01-26
Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com