Description
Title: Software Programmer (Engineering Solutions)
Duration: Contract
Location: Birmingham, AL 35203
This position is responsible for application software implementation and technical support of engineering and design solutions used by my client in support of generating plants. The primary responsibilities include the development, consulting, installation, configuration and triage of computer aided design (CAD), computer aided engineering (CAE) and configuration/change management solutions. The resource will be part of a support team that is focused on plant design and engineering, and usage of this data and information while constructing new plants and systems, and operations and maintenance of these facilities.
Client Details:
Our client is an award winning leader within their industry, specializing in energy management. They have been recognized by Computerworld's Top 100 Best Places to Work for several years and Fortune magazine's 2011 list of the World's Most Admired Companies . They offer wonderful benefits packages and healthy work environments for their employees, making them the perfect next step for your IT career.
Responsibilities:
- Support requirements gathering efforts and development of functional/technical specifications.
- Ensure solutions are architected, maintained and operated to attain high availability and business effectiveness.
- Application architectural support through partnerships with other elements of Information Technology including: Server Support, DBA's, Citrix Support, Windows and UNIX Server Support.
- Design, develop and maintain interfaces between solutions across E&CS, Generation and the enterprise.
- Application solution life cycle management.
- Software change management.
- Coordination of vendor maintenance and support.
- Build strong relationships with the business across OPCO's and SCS to enable effective engineering and design solution implementations and on-going support.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science or Arts in Computer Science, Engineering or related degree preferred.
- Developing, implementing, integrating and supporting vendor software solution.
- Supporting software solutions utilizing relational databases - Scripting, Querying, and Structure (Microsoft SQL and Oracle).
- Supporting software solutions utilizing the Windows operating system.
- Programming languages - C#, C/C++ and SQL.
- Familiarity with the API (Automated Programming Interface) integration with vendor software solutions.
- Technical Support - Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Customer Service - Able to manage customer expectations and meet project deadlines.
- Communication - Excellent English oral and written communication skills at multiple levels (clients, peers and leadership).
- Organization and Time Management - Must be able to manage time and priorities so as to effectively respond to the support needs of multiple users.
- Consulting - Capable of identifying and implementing process technical and business orientated improvements.
- Teamwork - Capable of partnering with other team members, within the engineering and design support team, other areas of IT and the business units we support, to grow and maintain productive relationships with a focus on cooperation & teamwork.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Developing, implementing, integrating and supporting engineering and design software solutions.
- 2-years of experience supporting CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) and other engineering design solutions preferred.
- Support of CAD, CAE and other engineering design solutions offered by Autodesk & Bentley Systems.
- Supporting solutions utilizing the UNIX operating system.
- Programming and Scripting languages (ASP.NET, AutoLISP, MDL and VB) preferred.
- Familiarity with the API (Automated Programming Interface) integration with Autodesk, Bentley and other solutions.
- Experience integrating vendor software solutions with information management systems (Documentum, Bentley ProjectWise, Autodesk Vault, Maximo, etc.)
- Fossilhydro andor nuclear generating plant experience is a plus.
Please contact Christy Cifreo.
Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. For more information, please visit the company website.