Automation Engineer

The Automation Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising automation maintenance activities across assigned plant facilities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of automation and control systems. The role supports the execution of preventive, corrective, shutdown, and emergency maintenance activities while ensuring compliance with company procedures, HSE requirements, quality standards, and approved budgets. The position is accountable for diagnosing faults, resolving critical equipment failures, analyzing system performance, and implementing solutions to improve equipment reliability, availability, and operational efficiency. The Automation Engineer coordinates material, spare parts, and equipment requirements, supports modifications and upgrades of automation systems, and contributes to feasibility studies, technical evaluations, and maintenance improvement initiatives. Working closely with Operations, Maintenance Planning, contractors, and service providers, the role ensures timely execution of maintenance activities, effective utilization of resources, and minimal plant downtime. The Automation Engineer also supervises maintenance personnel, provides technical guidance and development support, monitors maintenance performance and costs, and drives continuous improvement initiatives to optimize productivity and reduce maintenance expenditure. In addition, the role is responsible for maintaining accurate maintenance records, supporting SAP maintenance management processes, preparing technical reports, and ensuring plant automation systems operate in accordance with operational, safety, environmental, and business requirements.