Senior Controls Engineer - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Vantage Consulting

Description

Job Description

Controls Engineer

Nottingham

55k

• Responsibilities:Specification, design, coding and testing of software systems based on standard industrial control hardware such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), micro-controllers or other embedded systems. This would generally involve;
• Configuration industrial control hardware such as PLCs, HMls, motor drives and remote i/o
• Design, coding, and testing of software in various development environments such as:
• Siemens TIA Portal, Rockwell Studio 5000 and other computer languages such as C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Python, HTML. Also, other languages/scripts as required by the project
• Liaise with Electrical Design Engineers for control system design and instrumentation specification
• Sourcing alternative electrical panel hardware as well as control system hardware where specified equipment is not available
• Oversee Electrical control panel builds
• Identify electrical and control equipment for product sourcing existing systems spare parts
• In-house testing of control systems to ensure that the functional specification is met and that the controls system conforms to relevant codes of practice and safety standards
• On-site commissioning within the UK and Ireland of control systems containing
• Documentation for both fellow colleagues, commissioning engineers, maintenance staff and end users
• Support to sales staff in terms of providing time and material estimates for proposed control systems. This support may also involve customer visits for clarification of requirements
• Support to the Engineering Manager and/or Project Manager for reporting and accurate estimation of project timescales
• Respond to help requests from existing customers in relation to their controls systems

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a controls/software related subject.