Automation Project Manager

**It’s an exciting time to join Hardie a Sheridan company**As a leading industrial electrical contractor in Ontario, we seek to be the go-to choice for the manufacturing and industrial sector. As we continue to grow across southern Ontario, Sheridan Electric careers represent golden opportunities for professional growth and advancement. What unites the Sheridan team is respect for one another, teamwork, passion for excellence, and dedication to serving our customers. We believe that every employee is important and has a crucial role to play in Sheridan’s success.

Want to be part of one of Ontario’s leading companies in the industrial **electrical contracting** and **automation** sectors? Take the next step toward your Sheridan Electric career today.

**Essential Job Functions**:

- Plan and execute small-scale automation projects, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints,
- Continuously improve planning and delivery methodologies to maximize project efficiency and profitability,
- Maintain regular communication with customers to foster strong, trusted relationships and ensure satisfaction,
- Serve as a technical resource for team members across the organization, providing guidance and support as needed,
- Control system software design and programming for PLC’s, HMI’s, and VFD’s,
- Building and configuring interfaces for third party software tools,
- Updating and/or preparing written project documentation, including process control narratives, factory and site acceptance and commissioning test plans,
- Preparing customer training materials and delivering training on control systems, as required,
- Completion of factory acceptance testing of control systems to verify site operation and acceptance,
- Commissioning and site acceptance testing of control systems to verify site operation and acceptance,
- Diagnosing and servicing, whether on-site or remotely, existing installed customer systems to address reported system issues,
- Looking to convert customer business problems into additional service opportunities by promoting all of the organizations business offerings, including suggesting maintenance/upgrades,
- Analyzing and solving complex client problems through creative and innovative solutions,
- Combining subsystems together to offer an integrated product that helps clients achieve their goals,
- Traveling to customer locations to program, setup, and/or troubleshoot,
- Communicating with project team members on project status,
- Working alone on small projects, or working as part of a team on larger projects, including collaborating with other disciplines to ensure effective overall systems design,
- Working with Project Managers, the Technical Services Supervisor, or Estimator providing technical expertise for customer proposals.

**Education and Experience Required**:
**Knowledge**
- Proficient in Rockwell RSLogix and FactoryTalk View ME/SE programming,
- Familiar with Modicon, and Siemens PLC and HMI programming,
- Experienced with AutoCAD.

**Skills**
- Strong customer focus,
- Great communication skills,
- Being a self-starter and be able to work independently,
- Solid problem-solving skills,
- Working effectively with others,
- Results oriented, with the ability to interpret and effectively manage multiple and competing priorities and timelines.

**Abilities**
- Able to analyze systems engineering and automation problems and devise creative and innovative solutions,
- Able to understand industrial control devices such as PLCs, drives, protection relays, HMIs, etc.
- Understanding of power generation, management, distribution, and conversion systems.
- Able to strive to find new and innovative ways to improve job efficiency and quality,
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment,
- Must be able to work occasionally on weekends, late shifts and extra-long days.

**Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by**:

- Post-secondary education in a related field, an engineering degree is preferred,
- 2-5 years of field experience with industrial automation and control systems, or systems integration,
- Experience in the food and beverage, alternative fuels, and/or municipal water is preferred,
- Possessing a valid class G2 Driver’s License, or better, with a clean driving record and access to a reliable means of transportation,
- Must be willing to be part of an on-call rotation,
- A 442A Industrial Electrician qualification, or willingness to obtain, would be considered an asset,
- Sheridan is an equal opportunity employer, and we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, religion, or disability, but instead enriches itself through these differences._
- Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process as required by Compa