Controls Engineer

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Primarily you will work amongst a small team of engineers, contract support staff and the admin team, in a friendly office environment located in Dorset. Although office based, there will be occasional requirements to attend meetings and provide pre/post commissioning support for systems at their customer’s sites. Site visits would normally be within the UK but on rare occasions may require worldwide travel.
• The role will manage PLC based system design and consultancy projects (circa £10K to £100K in size) from point of sale, through initial design and manufacture, to site commissioning. Being customer facing, great communication skills from a technical and commercial perspective, are essential.
• You will be responsible for a wide range of engineering design and project management tasks, with importance placed heavily on reading and interpreting technical documents to include industry standards, client specifications, P&IDs, logic diagrams. You must be a confident user of general office software (e.g. Microsoft Word / Excel) for preparing various in-depth project related documentation. (e.g. Specifications / reports / calculations etc.).
• In line with design management systems, you will critically review, and mark-up documents / drawings generated by others, providing constructive feedback. Supervision of workshop technicians is required during the system build of your own projects.
• The systems are rigorously tested prior to shipment, so an ability to apply problem solving and analytical techniques, to plan and carry out appropriate system tests is needed.
• This position provides great opportunities for skills development and training, working in oil and gas, petrochemical, and power generation amongst other business sectors.
• We are looking for motivated self-starters that are interested in a challenging career, and who can grab the chance to make the role their own.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential

• HNC/ HND / Degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience in PLC control system design and engineering
• Clean UK Driving License
• PLC configuration and application software development - (e.g. ABB AC500 / 800xA HI, DeltaV SIS, Triconex, HIMA F60/HiQuad X, Siemens S7-F, Allen Bradley GuardLogix)
• HMI / SCADA configuration
• Industrial communications - Architecture design and selection of protocols (Modbus, OPC etc.)
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• System commissioning

Desirable

• Industrial Instrumentation experience
• Understanding of Burner Management, Emergency Shutdown, Fire & Gas Detection and other Process Control Systems
• Good working knowledge of the Functional Safety Standards BS EN 61508 / 61511
• Certified FS Engineer/Professional status welcomed

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

• Work under own initiative and manage own workload
• Flexibility to work independently or as part of a team
• Excellent time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Professional outlook and a desire to continue your professional development
• Be adaptable to changing circumstances, remain customer focused and be able to meet the customer’s dynamic requirements

HOW TO APPLY
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