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William SmithWS

William Smith

Automation Engineer

€600/day
Liège, BE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About William

Who are we?

LA²Soft is a cooperative that brings together independent professionals in automation and industrial IT. We pool our knowledge, skills, resources, and relationships. The goal is to offer quality service to clients while allowing members to evolve in a work environment that combines independence and collaboration. Each co-owner participates in the evolution of LA²Soft.
The current team has about ten years of experience in various industries (food, pharmaceutical, aerospace, IT, etc.) in Belgium and France.

What do we do?

The profiles of our clients are varied: industrial companies, engineering firms, design offices, owners of electromechanical installations. We provide them with tailor-made software solutions to automate their installations.
LA²Soft supports them at every stage of their projects. Our services range from study, through design, realization, testing, commissioning, system qualification, staff training, and continue to after-sales service.
In addition to our technical and functional expertise in industrial IT automation projects, we also offer our clients:
• Tailor-made training, designed in collaboration with them.
• Service and support contracts.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Liège (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Régie des Bâtiments
    Electrical Controller
    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    February 2010 - May 2011 (1 year and 3 months)
    Control of public procurement for electrical installations.
    Participation in studies for tertiary electrical installations.
  • CAPIndus
    Automation Technician
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2011 - October 2014 (3 years and 8 months)
    Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium
    Consultant automation technician for the pharmaceutical industry

    Development, modifications, and validation of PLC, HMI, SCADA applications (mainly Siemens S5, S7, and Wincc Flexible)

    Writing of technical specifications for process control and qualification protocols (Installation Qualification, Operation Qualification, Alarm Acceptance Test)

    Examples:
    - Revamping of vial capping machines (Siemens S5 => S7 and WinCC Flexible)
    - Revamping of syringe filling machines (Siemens S5 => S7 and WinCC Flexible)
    - Revamping of a water for injection loop (Schneider PL7 => Siemens S7)
    Development
  • Indeff
    Automation Engineer
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    October 2014 - January 2018 (3 years and 3 months)
    Anvers, Belgium
    Industries: pharmaceutical, food.

    Design, project phasing, writing specifications, writing qualification protocols, technical support.
    Management of calls for tender and selection of integrators, administrative management, technical and budgetary monitoring, coordination of different stakeholders.

    Examples:

    - Project with a budget of €250,000 including the following technologies: Wonderware A², Rockwell PLC5, SLC500, ControlLogix, EtherNet/IP and ControlNet, Microsoft Reporting Services, Microsoft SQL Server
    - Project with a budget of €300,000 including the following technologies: Wonderware A², Siemens S7-300, S7-1200, WinCC Flexible and Profibus, Microsoft Reporting Services, Microsoft SQL Server


    Development, modifications of PLC and SCADA applications

    Examples:

    - Development and commissioning of a new CIP station with 5 lines and approx. 30 circuits to clean (Wonderware Archestra and Siemens S7)

    - Development and commissioning of a new drying tower (Wonderware Archestra and Siemens S7)

    - Development and commissioning of a new two-stage cooling chiller unit (Wonderware Archestra and Siemens S7)

    - Revamping of a milk pasteurizer (Wonderware Archestra and Siemens S7)
    Project Management Development

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Education

  • Bachelor - Computer Science and Systems, Automation Orientation
    HELMo Liège
    2009
  • CESS + Qualification Electrician-Automation Technician
    Saint-Laurent Liège
    2005

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