Established nearly two centuries ago, FM is a leading mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of its policyholder-owners. These owners, who share the belief that the majority of property loss is preventable, represent many of the world’s largest organizations, including one of every four Fortune 500 companies. They work with FM to better understand the hazards that can impact their business continuity to make cost-effective risk management decisions, combining property loss prevention with insurance protection.
Work Model and Schedule
This is a full-time, on-site position based at the FM Research Campus. The role supports both office and laboratory/industrial environments.
Core hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Business needs may occasionally require work before or after core hours to support operations, troubleshooting, commissioning, or project work.
Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.
Position Summary
FM is seeking an Automation, Operational Technology & Digital Systems Engineer to support the operation, development, and reliability of industrial control systems across the Research Campus. This position reports to the manager responsible for the Research Campus Data Operations Group and collaborates with researchers, engineers, supervisors, and technicians to support daily site operations, operational readiness, and digital capabilities. The engineer will also lead assigned projects with limited supervision based on evolving business needs.
This is a multi-level engineering opportunity, with the scope and responsibilities aligned to the selected candidate’s relevant experience, technical expertise, and demonstrated capabilities.
What You’ll Do
The Engineer will support Research, FM Approvals, and campus support teams in the daily operation of the Research Campus industrial control systems (ICS).
Systems Engineering –the engineer will be responsible for the maintenance and development of control systems, selecting appropriate components, detailing schematic and P&ID diagrams, producing and maintaining system documentation, programming Allen Bradley controllers, programming the process visualization (HMI/SCADA), Alarm management, developing databases for archiving/displaying historical OSIsoft PI data, Ignition digital transformation, commissioning the control systems, and PID loop tuning.
System Operator - The Engineer will act as first level escalation support for the control system technicians in setting up and restoring equipment to operational readiness.
The Controls Engineer would assist with design, detail and implementation of Operation Technology (OT) infrastructure, IT/OT integration using industrial protocols (Ethernet/IP, Modbus, etc.).
Digital Twin application and data stream owner
The Engineer will be assigned project work based on the current needs of the business and will be expected to execute these projects with limited supervision. The majority of project work will include ICS related disciplines; however, project work in other disciplines may be assigned based on need.
A minimum of 3 years of professional experience with industrial control systems is required; 5-10+ years is preferred.
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