Aqua-Tech Recruitment are currently seeking a Control and Automation Technician/Engineer to join our client’s rapidly growing C&A department.
Working on a wide range of projects as part of a dynamic and supportive team, we are looking for a team player 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 is essential
- Further to this you will have significant experience using Siemens Step 7, WinCC and TIA portal software, this is an essential requirement for this role
- Experience using SCADA applications such as WinCC V7.X, Wonderware and FactoryTalk will be advantageous
- Knowledge of relational databases (SQL Server) and common high-level programming languages (such as C#, VB.NET, VB, etc.) would be advantageous
- Project experience with VSD’s and intelligent motor starters is essential
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of control system hardware and software systems and their interaction with a wider, networked world is essential
- Demonstrable understanding of electrical/control systems designs, schematics and other project related drawings is essential
- Knowledge of relevant IEC standards such as BS EN 61131 and 61508 is essential
- Knowledge and appreciation of industrial processes, and in particular water industry processes would be advantageous
- Knowledge of Electrical Switchgear and Control gear assemblies and relevant IEC standards such as BS EN 61439 would be advantageous
Qualifications & Skills:
- BSc, BEng. Electronic/Computer/Control Engineering, or equivalent degree
- Minimum 5 years 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 based, there will be an element of travel to customer sites, therefore a driving license is required. .