Manager - Thermal Process Control
Date: 5 Mar 2025
Location: Mumbai, India
Company: John Cockerill
John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities
Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.
Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,046 billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.
Location - Mumbai, India
Job Purpose:
The main task is to ensure and continue the development of our optimization and furnace control software (line furnaces and reheating furnace) in C++.
The mission includes sales, project execution and commissioning, focused on thermal engineering for all types of furnaces, and product development in order to improve and expand our products and sales
support the sales process:
- Develop solutions that fulfill the requirements of the customers
- Prepare basic data and selection of components and solutions based on end-customers' requirements and our own requirements to control and monitor the process.
- Prepare specifications to describe John Cockerill's proposal for the end-customer and price estimation.
- Support the execution process:
- Develop final specifications for the solution.
- Create a functional description.
- Follow up on basic and detailed engineering.
• Travel abroad for several weeks may be required during commissioning (several missions a year of several weeks, commissioning at customers industrial sites worldwide).
Key Responsibilities
The Thermal Process Control Engineer carries out the following expected tasks:
• Support the sales process:
- Develop solutions that fulfill the requirements of the customers.
- Prepare basic data and selection of components and solutions based on end-customers' requirements and our own requirements to control and monitor the process.
- Prepare specifications to describe John Cockerill's proposal for the end-customer and price estimation.
• Support the execution process:
- Develop final specifications for the solution.
- Create a functional description.
- Follow up on basic and detailed engineering.
• Travel abroad for several weeks may be required during commissioning (several missions a year of several weeks, commissioning at customers industrial sites worldwide).
Education & Experience
The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following qualities and skills:
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent with specialty in thermics or knowledges of thermal processes.
- Minimum 10 years of work experience.
- You have an experience in computer programming (MS Visual C++, C#, …).
- You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- You are detail-oriented with excellent organizational and time management skills.
- You can work independently and be a good problem solver.
- You are fluent in English.
- Entry-level candidates are welcome to apply.
Background, Skills and Competencies
- Experience in automation and furnace industry related to industry.
- Experience in network programming (TCP/IP, OPC, etc.).
- Experience with Data bases.
- Ability to effectively read and understand AutoCAD drawings, PID diagrams.
John Cockerill Industry Metals is active in areas such as:
• Processing lines (CGL, CAL, CPL, PPPL, etc…) as a global integrator of mechanical and process equipment, line furnaces (vertical and horizontal) for continuous lines
• Special equipment (cleaning sections, bath equipment, SKP and TL, etc…)
• Reheating furnaces (pushing or walking beam type),
These activities being led from the point of view of sales and execution of projects in green field mode or revamping.
Equal Opportunity Employer
John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.
John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!
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