Senior Control System Engineer

We’re recruiting a Senior Control Systems Engineer for a well-established industrial system integrator handling projects across the Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, and Manufacturing industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and approve complex system architectures, designs, and detailed specifications to meet client requirements.

• Manage the integration of the overall systems compatibility, performance and compliance.

• Be accountable for the system testing and validation routines to verify that systems meet design specifications and performance criteria.

• Lead and approve the delivery of comprehensive technical documentation, including requirements, design specifications, test plans, operator manuals and quality documentation.

• Analyse and translate client requirements into functional and non-functional specifications independently or as a part of a larger team, whilst checking against any compliance standards.

• Lead technical discussions with the project teams and identify and resolve technical issues.

• Plan and lead commissioning at client sites.

• Track and control the resource and expenditure across the project, including authorisation as required.

• Coordinate the testing and troubleshooting of bespoke systems.

• Provide coaching, mentorship and technical guidance to the team, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.

• Be responsible for the maintenance and/or development of the Client interface, relationship building and networking, includes the leading of project meetings with clients.

• Be responsible for the technical sign off during the bidding process, including approval of time.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including software, hardware, workshop and project management, to ensure successful project delivery.

• Communicate and report to relevant stakeholders and colleagues to ensure project success.

• Accurately report on project delivery, highlighting successes, failures and recovery plans.

• Have full accountability for project timesheet authorisation, allocation and attributable project budgets.

• Be responsible for overall delivery of project scopes to company quality management system, processes and procedures.

• Be the technical and professional expert during quality and technical reviews, and be able to conduct reviews on peers.

Experience and Knowledge:

• Technical Expertise of Software Packages relevant to the role of a Senior Systems/Hardware Engineer i.e. AutoCAD Electrical, SCADA packages, PLC packages and HMI packages.

• A good understanding of project management principles, including cost control and client management.

• Experience in the application of systems engineering principles and methodologies.

• Familiarity and experience in the application of system integration processes, tools and technologies.

• An excellent understanding of industry and company quality management systems, process and procedure.

• Experience of software development/hardware integration.

WCL ID: 7737

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