Senior Systems Engineer - Gas framework

The Role:

A Senior Systems Engineer is required to be a committed and enthusiastic member of the team, taking full responsibility for successful technical delivery of a complete project solution to the agreed scope in accordance with company procedures whilst meeting budgetary and time-scale targets.
Will be working within the National Gas framework, but will look at candidates from other highly regulated industries such Nuclear, Petrochemical etc.
Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience developing PLC/Scada Systems such Allen Bradley/Siemens across a projects life cycle including completing testing schedules.
Must be proactive and able to allocate tasks amongst team members and supervise, assist and monitor task progress and advise the project manager on progress, risks and issues.
The Senior Engineer should work co-operatively with the Project Manager and engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project life cycle.

Main Responsibilities:

Responsible for the technical delivery of projects

Work closely with and support the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management

Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress

Responsible for meeting the technical and quality requirements of projects

Ensure project adherence to company quality processes and procedures

Identify project opportunities and variations

Support the Project Manager in identifying and managing risks and issues

Identify and enable use of reusable modules by standardisation and modularisation of systems where appropriate

Prototyping of new technologies

Training planning and support

Mentoring of Engineers

Support the Automation sales and proposals teams

Support department business development

Provide Health and Safety leadership by example

Main Functions:

The Senior Engineer is normally expected to undertake the following:

Involvement in sales to projects hand-over process

Involvement in 1st Engineering review

Assist PM in development of QA plan

Assist PM in development of project Gantt chart

Assist PM in development of initial task & procurement list

Ongoing development & updating of detailed task & procurement lists

Peer review documents created by the project team or other teams

Attend contract meetings with the project manager as required

Undertake site surveys as required

Undertake outline design, upfront design studies and requirement definition for clients

Develop FDS

Develop DDS

Develop test specification & design testing methodology

Develop project modules. (Modules as identified in the design - PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, comms drivers, etc.)

Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary (Risk assessment, method statement, site test documentation)

Develop O & M documentation

Undertake full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT and installation

Undertake observations, variation and reworks

Undertake packing and shipping of the system

Undertake site installation

Undertake site retesting

Provide warranty support as necessary

Experience & Qualifications:

A minimum 5 years' experience of developing integrated control system solutions.

The following experience is essential:

Detailed experience of the full project life cycle from system specification through design, development, testing and on-site commissioning is essential.

Hands-on experience of PLC and SCADA systems (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA etc)

A good appreciation of Control panels, electrical installation and instrumentation solutions.

A Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Control Systems or relevant discipline

Chartered Engineer status or working towards professional registration

Experience of some or all of the following is desirable:

Cyber Security

Functional Safety

Fire & Gas Systems eg Detronics

DCS

Drives

Plant Historians

MES

Industry 4.0

IOT and Edge Computing (NodeRed, MQTT etc)

IT/OT Convergence

Network design and configuration

Database implementation

Batch & Recipe Systems

Energy Efficiency and OEE

Industrial Protocol Knowledge (IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, OPC etc)

Bespoke code development

Based in Warrington (3 days in office, 2 from home). Flexible hours available depending on project requirements.

What you need to do now
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