Software Engineer

As a Process Automation System Administrator, you make a key contribution to the design and management of automated systems for the Organic department. You are responsible for the preventive and corrective maintenance of process control and management systems and for ensuring cybersecurity within the OT environment. You work closely with production sites, the project organisation, and external suppliers, and you report to the Team Leader for Organic Maintenance. You will be working in a team of seven colleagues: two system architects, four process automation system administrators, and one PA manager.

• HBO working and thinking level; minimum relevant education at MBO-4 level (industrial automation or equivalent).
• Extensive experience with process automation.
• In-depth knowledge of process and product automation systems, such as DCS and PLC (Siemens S7).
• Experience with programming and configuring PLC/DCS and/or SCADA software and connections between PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of hardware components such as switches, firewalls, servers and fiber optics.
• Knowledge of network topology and architecture, including web clients and virtual environments.
• Knowledge of information and bus systems such as Ethernet, Profinet, Profibus PA/DP, Modbus and fibre optic networks.
• Knowledge of process control algorithms and control techniques to understand and resolve deviations.
• Knowledge of industry standards and protocols such as OPC and Profibus/Profinet.
• Willingness to stay up to date with technical developments and to learn continuously.
• Good communicative skills.
• Desired background: experience as a PLC software engineer or as a control/OT technician with ambition towards an OT engineer role.

• Preventive and corrective maintenance of process control and management systems.
• Drawing up an overarching design for automated systems, taking into account technical, functional and operational requirements.
• Coordinating, managing and optimizing production automation systems.
• Securing the entire operation technology (OT), including the deployment and management of firewalls, antivirus software, and VLANs.
• Analyze current systems and identify areas for improvement to increase efficiency and minimize bottlenecks.
• Ensuring that new process automation seamlessly aligns with existing systems and actively participating in project teams for smooth integration and continuity.
• Translating operational requirements to suppliers and coordinating with project managers, IT, external suppliers, and programmers.
• Identifying and resolving conflicts within automation systems to ensure optimal operation.
• Ensuring secure remote access for external suppliers in coordination with the ICT department.
• Ensuring optimal data transfer between process automation and office automation.

• Classification in scale 9/10 of the GEO collective labour agreement (indicative salary scale according to collective labour agreement: min. €3.586 – max. €6.187 gross per month).
• Leave arrangements in accordance with the GEO collective labor agreement.
• 8,33% holiday pay.
• 5,5% year-end bonus.
• pension scheme.
• Travel allowance for home-work journeys of €0,23 net per kilometre.

At the site, residual waste is processed and separated for recycling and energy generation. Metals, plastic packaging, and beverage cartons are extracted from the waste for recycling; non-reusable paper and plastic fractions are used as secondary fuel.

The organic fraction from residual waste is fermented into biogas. Films, plastics, beverage cartons, and cans are sorted in sorting plants, and films are converted into regranulate in a polymer recycling plant. Remaining waste is incinerated in combustion lines to generate electricity and steam; part of the steam is supplied to an adjacent energy park.

Furthermore, there are fermentation plants and a composting plant for the processing of organic waste. The biogas from the fermentation is upgraded to green gas and injected into the gas grid.