Automation System Engineer

About the job

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a:

Automation System Engineer

We are a leading engineering office in the Northwestern Switzerland region. With us, the workday is never boring! Why? Thanks to us, tram operations in the region run smoothly without disruptions. With our help, over 200,000 households in Basel are supplied with fresh drinking water. We make productions and buildings truly SMART. And our work helps develop cancer drugs that save lives.

We specialize in the automation of production plants and offer related solutions for Industrial IT. The family business based in Liestal today has over 70 employees. Dedicated and competent system and IT engineers are the foundation of our success.

In over 30 years, we have realized more than 8,000 exciting projects for our customers from the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, food, beverage, mechanical engineering, energy & environment, as well as transport & logistics sectors.

Your tasks

Planning and creating functional specifications for control systems as well as autonomous controls in the industrial environment in the fields of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biotech

Creating concepts for control and regulation, batch applications with MES connection, visualization as well as data management and system evaluation

Developing software for PLC, SCADA, or DCS (S7-TIA, Zenon, PCS7, DeltaV, Beckhoff or similar)

Analysis and optimization of the control of production processes

Commissioning of systems

Conducting and reviewing program tests according to QS guidelines and commissioning

GMP-compliant documentation of the work performed and summary of any discrepancies encountered

Your profile

Completed studies at a university of applied sciences, technical college, or university (e.g., ETH) in the field of systems engineering (automation) or an equivalent qualification.

Confident handling of MS Office and IT systems

Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as good English skills

Precise, independent, and structured working style, as well as a solution-oriented mindset

Coordination skills, resilience, and ability to work in a team

High personal responsibility

Competent and professional appearance

We offer

A permanent 100% position starting immediately or by arrangement. Recent graduates without professional experience are also warmly welcome.

Participation in interesting projects with complex, demanding, and varied work in the field of automation from concept to commissioning

Extensive training and development opportunities, which we as a future-oriented company always support and promote

Progressive working conditions with flexible working hours and above-average social benefits

A pleasant, open, and collegial working environment where everyone is encouraged to contribute their personality

Open communication policy with short decision-making paths and flat hierarchy

Recognition, appreciation, and a family team spirit that is regularly and consciously nurtured with appropriate events

About the company:

ControlTech Engineering AG (CTE) is one of the leading engineering offices in the Northwestern Switzerland region and offers innovative complete solutions for automation and industrial IT (OT). The family business was founded in 1990 and today has over 100 employees. Dedicated and competent employees are the foundation of our success.