Automation & Commissioning Team Leader

**Automation & Commissioning Team Leader**:
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success - come and join them We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

Why join GEA

**Job information**

**Reference Number**

JR-0033907

**Job function**

Engineering

**Position type**

Full time

**Site**

CALLE 93 NO. 12 - 14. Of. 501, Bogotá D.C. Cundinamarca 110221
- GEA is one of the world’s largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Our portfolio includes machinery and plants as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services. Used across diverse industries, they enhance the sustainability and efficiency of production processes globally. Would you like to be part of our Team? Join our Liquid and Powder Technologies Team in Colombia and support us as a: Automation & Commissioning Team Leader
- Your responsibilities and tasks:
The Automation & Commissioning Team Leader is responsible to lead and manage an engineer team of Automation & commissioning.

Leader Skills
- To coordinate resources to attend both projects and services, as well as cooperation with external GEA offices
- To support, track and empower each individual member of the team
- To implement and support the strategy defined for the Automation and Commissioning department
- To promote and implement automation standards

Technical Skills
- Know manufacturing processes in the beverage industry.
- CIP Know-how
- Hygienic design know-how.
- Generate pre-engineering of automation development.
- Scheduler of automation activities
- Model control sequences according to P&IDs
- List of entities, equipment controls, control modules and devices
- Designed FDS.
- Dimensioning, software and hardware list generation for automation architecture.
- Develop automation engineering, using ISA Standards.
- Review existing process engineering and make necessary changes to support project execution when necessary.
- PLC programming of process and CIP sequences.
- HMI and SCADA programming.
- Setup different Industrial protocol networks
- Setup IO periphery
- Setup and commissioning VFDs
- FAT Procedures.
- Software
- Electrical Cabinets
- Skids
- Project commissioning
- IO test
- Dry test
- Wet commissioning
- Product testing.
- Water production test.
- CIP procedures.
- PAT (Product Acceptance Test)

Soft Skills
- Team automation manager.
- Planning vacations team.
- Coordinate automation training
- Coordinate automation activities.
- Continuously improvement plant
- Internal stakeholders communication
- Engineering team.
- Project Management Team.
- Automation Team.
- External stakeholders communication
- Costumer site
- Sub suppliers
- Providers
- Time Management,
- Activities Description.
- Schedule of milestones
- Task Planning.

Your profile and qualifications:
Educational Background
- Degree in engineering career (Industrial, Electrical, Automation, Electronic Mechatronics)
- (Valuable) Master’s Degree in Automation technologies
- (Valuable) Formal training in Project Management

Professional Knowledge and Experiences
- 1+ years in coordination of small teams
- 5+ years of experience in automation and commissioning projects for the food & beverage industry
- Knowledge of Siemens, Rockwell & Wonderware architectures
- Knowledge in MES and DDBB systems
- Knowledge in international automation standards

Other Skills & Competencies
- Ability to learn
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Creativity & Innovation
- Planning & Organization
- Customer Service Orientation
- Leadership & Management
- English C1 or better