Control Systems Engineer

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Control Engineer to join our Control Systems Team. The successful candidate will design control & automation systems for a range of Royal IHC products in the Offshore Energy sector; ensuring solutions meet clients’ needs in a professional and timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Write specifications, develop PLC code and HMI/SCADA solutions for Royal IHC equipment.
• Provide technical support during the construction phase of projects, including involvement in commissioning and testing of equipment.
• Efficient management and prioritisation of workload.
• Take ownership of tasks assigned through to successful delivery within the specified time and budget.
• Deliver a high standard of work in line with software quality control procedures.

Job requirements

• Excellent technical knowledge of control, automation and safety systems
• Appropriate computer/engineering related qualification (degree/HND) or comparable industrial experience
• Design of control and automation systems
• Programming of PLC, HMI and SCADA systems
• Commissioning and testing of industrial control systems
• Involvement throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and documentation
• Experience working for clients in the marine, subsea, oil & gas and renewables markets
• Recent experience in a similar role in a bespoke engineering environment
• Role requires a mix of working from Royal IHC Ltd Grey Street office, Port of Blyth production facility and other client sites/vessels around the world
• Experience of working to ISO 9001 or equivalent in a project-based organisation
• A high level of competence with IT systems and tools

Desirable Skills / Attributes

• Experience of Siemens TIA Portal / Unified (preferred)
• Experience with Rockwell or Mitsubishi platforms
• Experience configuring and commissioning Variable Speed Drives (Siemens, Nidec and ABB)
• Previous experience within the Marine / Offshore / Subsea environment
• Knowledge and experience of relevant functional safety standards (IEC 61508, IEC 61511, IEC 13849)

Benefits we can offer you

• Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme
• Pension: 7% employer plus 5% employee contribution Salary Exchange scheme
• Death in service: 4 x annual salary
• Health cover: Individual cover provided with BUPA (family members can be added at a subsidised cost)
• Cycle scheme: Cycle to work package available up to £2500
• Holiday: 25 days plus statutory bank holidays with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days

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