Control & Automation Engineer, Cumbernauld / Edinburgh / home working - Cumbernauld

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Ref: 156 Date Posted: Wednesday 27 Jul 2022

Aqua-Tech Recruitment are delighted to be working with a leading Engineering company who specialise in the water industry. Due to various recent project wins, they are looking to grow their teams and are currently looking for Control & Automation Engineers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing company who are already well established and highly reputable. The client is extremely forward thinking and will consider a 4-day working week after the initial probation period.  They have offices in Cumbernauld, Edinburgh, Preston and Inverness with extremely flexible working arrangements (office/home based).

Working on a wide range of projects as part of a dynamic and supportive team, we are looking for team players who will help our client fulfil their goals and market penetrations over the coming years.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•           Design and develop solutions using a variety of applications, standards and technologies to meet our customer commitments

•           Identify and correct technical issues in solutions through formal test practices

•           Create, improve and implement standards and processes

•           Provide customer/internal technical support

•           Document solutions to company and customer standards

•           Provide on-site installation, commissioning, start-up services and application training for our solutions

•           Basic project management, define and monitor project scope and objectives

•           Delivery of project milestones aligned with customer requirements, schedule and quality expectations

Relevant Experience:

•           As an experienced engineer you will be able to demonstrate your passion and commitment to a career in an engineering environment, showing an aptitude for the design and development of industrial control and monitoring systems using a range of hardware and software products

•           Project experience using PLCs, HMI, SCADA, Historian, MES and similar technologies

•           Experience using Siemens Step 7, WinCC and TIA portal software

•           Knowledge of relational databases (SQL Server) and common high-level programming languages (such as C#, VB.NET, VB, etc.)

•           Project experience with VSD’s and intelligent motor starters

•           Knowledge and appreciation of industrial processes, and in particular water industry processes would be advantageous

Qualifications & Skills:

•           BSc, BEng. Electronic/Computer/Control Engineering, or equivalent degree

•           Experience working with SCADA and PLC systems

•           Knowledge of all commonly used PLC programming languages

•           Knowledge of industrial control circuits.

•           Knowledge of networking and communication technologies

Please note that while this role is primarily office/home based, there will be an element of travel to customer sites, therefore a driving license is required.

This is a permanent role with a salary of £40k-£50k depending on experience.

Please call me on 07469 273 385 or send me your CV and I will contact you.