Electrical Controls Engineer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Alecto Recruitment Ltd

Alecto Recruitment Ltd

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Electrical Controls Engineer

Leeds

£60,000 - £70,000

Alecto Recruitment are working with one of the leaders within the Carbon Capture industry who is searching for a Controls Engineer to work on their new contracts with some major players in the industry.

Job Specification:

Full time, permanent position, Monday to Friday (flexible hours)
Package:

- £60,000 - £70,000

Competitive salary
Pension and Life Assurance
Participation in company share options schemes.
25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays.
Genuine flexible working hours to support a healthy worklife balance allowing time to manage personal/family activities around work.
Company funded personal development and training.

Role and Responsibilities:

Working as part of a team with experienced process engineers and Chemists, to create and develop product control designs.
Pursue market leading technologies to utilise the most up to date control designs.
Deliver innovative technical advancements in control solutions for a demanding and technically complex environment.
Modify and design from new Schneider and Unistream PLCs based control systems.
Specifying, implementing, maintaining and improving electrical equipment on lab and pilot equipment together with chemists and process engineers
Produce electrical drawings in AutoCAD.
Estimate (electrical) projects costs and delivery timelines
Manage and train the junior electrical and controls engineer.
Train and work with process sensors engineer and lab technician to maintain upgrade pilot and lab equipment.

Must Have:

Experience of programming in IEC 61131 languages
Full Driving License
Computer literate, with structured understanding of software design
A good understanding of industrial communication protocols Modbus etc
Ability to design, implement, install and maintain electrical systems, trouble shoot problems and rectify.
Ability to write technical documentation.
Relevant degree or experience (HND, apprenticeship, BSc)
3 to 5 or more years work experience in electrical engineering or similar role

Non-essential skills, but nice to have:

SQL database design and development
Understanding of Python
A process engineering background
Map the data from the PLC/SCADA system to SQL data tables.
Perform acceptance testing to ensure data translation from PLC to database is correct.
Wider programming skills

We have seen your details on our system and would be keen to speak to regarding the role below.

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