Control Systems Engineer

Location: Newcastle

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

The role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Control Engineer to join our Control Systems Team. 

The successful candidate will design control & automation systems for a range of Royal IHC products in the Offshore Energy sector; ensuring solutions clients’ needs are met in a professional & timely manner.

You will be responsible for:

• Writing specifications, developing PLC code & HMI/SCADA solutions for a variety of Royal IHC equipment.
• Providing technical support during the construction phase of projects; including involvement in the commissioning & testing of equipment.
• Efficient management & prioritisation of workload.
• Taking ownership of the tasks assigned through to successful delivery within the specified time & budget.
• Delivering a high standard of work in line with our software quality control procedures.

Job requirements:

• Excellent technical knowledge of Control, Automation and Safety Systems
• Appropriate Computer/Engineering related qualification (degree/HND) or comparable industrial experience
• Relevant experience in:
• Design of control & automation systems
• Programming of PLC, HMI & SCADA systems
• Commissioning & Testing of industrial control systems
• Involvement throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and documentation
• Working for clients in the marine, subsea, oil & gas and renewables market.
• Recent experience of a similar role in a bespoke engineering environment
• Role requires a mixture of working from Royal IHC Ltd Grey Street office, Port of Blyth production facility 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

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)

Benefits we can offer you:

• Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme.
• Pension: 7% employer plus 5% employee contribution Salary Exchange scheme.
• Death in service: 4 x annual salary.
• Health Cover: Individual cover provided with BUPA (family members can be added at a subsidised cost).
• Cycle Scheme: Cycle to work package available up to £2500.
• Holiday: 25 days plus statutory bank holidays with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days