Design automated systems and program PLCs as an Automation Engineer with LAPORTE in a hybrid Canadian office location. Apply industrial automation expertise to complex projects.

This Automation Engineer position supports project management, automation design, programming, testing, and commissioning. You will define customer needs, select controls and instrumentation, prepare specifications, plans, and estimates, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams. The work serves pharmaceutical, food and beverage, industrial biotechnology, and industrial manufacturing sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define customer needs and design automated systems
- Select controls, instrumentation, motor controls, and panels
- Program PLCs and user interfaces
- Manage planning, budgets, schedules, resources,



and change control
- Participate in system testing and commissioning

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in automated production or electrical engineering
- Qualified Engineering Association membership in Alberta or British Columbia
- Five to six years of industrial automation experience
- Knowledge of Allen Bradley, Rockwell, and Siemens products
- Flexibility for client and manufacturing site visits

Bring automation design, PLC programming, and project management expertise to LAPORTE’s engineering work across Canadian locations.

📌 Industrial Automation Project Engineer (Vancouver)
🏢 LAPORTE L.E.C.
📍 Vancouver