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Senior Controls Systems Engineer

Logan Lewis
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 18 days
Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 4LQ, England

Salary

£70,000 - £75,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The company is seeking a Senior Control Engineer to lead a team of Service Control Engineers in the Offshore Energy sector.
  • The role involves providing technical support, managing workload, and ensuring high customer satisfaction through efficient service care.
  • Candidates should have a strong engineering background, relevant qualifications, and experience in control system design, programming, and client support.
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience is required, along with excellent customer service skills and the ability to work on-site and travel as needed.
  • The position offers a competitive salary of £60,000 to £70,000 per year, depending on experience.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Control Engineer to lead our Service Control Engineers.  The successful candidate will manage a team of Control Engineers in providing Technical Support & aftersales care for our products in the Offshore Energy sector; ensuring clients’ needs are met in a professional & timely manner.

You will be responsible for:

  • Leadership and development of a small team of Control Engineers.
  • Providing Technical support, Investigation and resolution of Control System related issues across a wide range of our products.
  • Implementing upgrades and updates to existing equipment.
  • Ensuring customers are well supported in their service needs and technical issues are resolved quickly and efficiently to maintain high customer satisfaction.
  • Efficient Management & Prioritisation of workload for the Engineers.
  • Delivering a high standard of work in line with our Software quality control procedures.

Job requirements:

  • Strong engineering background with a thorough technical knowledge of Control, Automation and Safety Systems and equipment
  • Appropriate Computer/Engineering related qualification (degree/HND) or comparable industrial experience
  • Experience in:
    • Design of control & automation systems
    • Programming of PLC, HMI & SCADA systems
    • Commissioning, Testing and Client Support of industrial control systems
    • Involvement throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and documentation
  • Management & Development of a small team of Engineers
  • Working for clients in the marine, subsea, oil & gas and renewables market.
  • Recent experience of a similar role in a bespoke engineering environment / providing service support
  • Role requires a mixture of working from our onsite facility in the North East and other client sites / vessels around the world.
  • Experience of working to ISO9001 or equivalent in a project based organisation.
  • A high level of competence with IT systems and tools
  • Excellent Customer Service skills

Desirable Skills / Attributes:

  • Experience of Siemens TIA Portal / Unified (preferred)
  • Experience of Rockwell or Mitsubishi platforms
  • Experience of configuring & commissioning Variable Speed Drives (Siemens, Nidec & ABB)
  • Previous experience within the Marine / Offshore / Subsea environment
  • Knowledge & experience of relevant functional safety standards (IEC61508, IEC61511, IEC13849)
  • Chartered Engineer status
  • Availability to travel at short notice

Due to the nature of our roles, candidates must be a UK Resident residing within the local area. Please note we cannot offer visa sponsorship for overseas candidates or relocation packages.

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