Controls Projects Engineer

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Technical management of controls projects from HQ near Poole Dorset within a specialist controls & instrumentation firm, known for process safety solutions.  This includes design and manufacturing of controls , engineering services and systems integration for key clients in oil & gas, renewable energy and utilities. They have an excellent reputation as a first class engineering firm and an employer of choice.

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The Controls Projects Engineer job itself where you will work amongst our small team of engineers, contract support staff and our admin team, in a friendly office environment located between Poole & Bournemouth, Dorset with occasional requirement to attend meetings and provide pre/post commissioning support for systems at customer’s sites.

The role will manage PLC based system design and consultancy projects (circa £10K to £200K 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.

More specifically:

• Ensuring that standards, specifications and guidelines pertaining to the Instrumentation and Control discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards and guidance.
• Effective prioritisation of operations support / own projects and tasks to ensure on time delivery and within budget.
• General control of project work, including look-ahead planning, control of project budgets and schedules, change control, estimating activities, project document management and progress reporting.
• Review of client’s specifications and other national / international standards to ensure project compliance. • Development of functional requirements specifications for control systems, SIS, F&G and instrumentation.
• PLC, HMI & SCADA application software development
• Participation in design reviews, including HAZOP / LOPA, hazardous area, etc.
• Interfacing with client engineering representatives.
• Participation in site commissioning tasks.

You will have

To be successful as Controls Projects Engineer, you will have

• HNC / HND / Degree qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, or an equivalent level of engineering experience in a similar role, is essential.
• TUV Functional Safety certification would be preferred but not essential as a development pathway will be provided.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience PLC configuration and application software development. (e.g. ABB AC500-S / 800xA HI, Emerson DeltaV SIS, Triconex, HIMA F60 / HiQuad X, Siemens S7-Failsafe, Allen Bradley ControlLogix / GuardLogix)
• HMI / SCADA configuration o (e.g. Siemens WinCC / PCS7 / Emerson DeltaV)
• Industrial communications o System architectural design and selection / configuration of appropriate protocols (e.g., Profinet / Profibus / Modbus TCP & RTU / OPC etc.)
• The ability to conduct site surveys and brownfield verification of existing control systems and field instrumentation is required.
• Experience in the planning and delivery of technical projects is essential.
• Current UK driving license is essential

You will get

As Controls Projects Engineer, you will enjoy a competitive salary ~£45K+ Package

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