Control Systems Engineer

Control Systems Engineer - Ellesmere Port

Are you a PLC and SCADA engineer who likes to see your software make a real difference on the plant?

Would you like to help shape the control systems of a site set to grow its output twenty-fold?

Do you want to be part of building the UK's own rare earth supply chain?

What's in it for you

●Salary: Up to £60k

●Site-wide bonus of 5-10%, being introduced as part of a wider benefits review

●25 days holiday plus bank holidays

●Private medical insurance with Vitality

●Pension - employer contributions of 3%, rising to 5% after five years' service and 7.5% after ten years (minimum 5% employee contribution)

●Permanent, full-time role on days (9 to 5), with on-call support

What will you be doing?

●Writing, modifying and testing PLC and HMI/SCADA software for new and existing equipment

●Improving control loops and sequences to raise yield, consistency and energy efficiency

●Managing control system back-ups, version control, change records and cyber security

●Connecting plant data to historians and reporting tools so Production and Technical teams can track performance

●Writing functional design specifications and running FAT/SAT testing for new systems

●Supporting commissioning and handover of new plant alongside suppliers and integrators

●Providing technical support and fault-finding on control systems

Where you'll be doing it

You'll be based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, with a specialist manufacturer of rare materials. Its products go into the magnets used in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and electronics.

What you'll need

●A degree or HND in Control, Electrical, Electronic or Software Engineering

●Strong PLC programming experience, such as Siemens TIA Portal or Rockwell Studio 5000

●Experience with HMI/SCADA systems, such as WinCC, Ignition or FactoryTalk

●Experience commissioning control systems in a manufacturing or process plant

●Experience with data historians, OPC UA or MES would be useful

●Knowledge of industrial cyber security (IEC 62443) and functional safety awareness (IEC 61511) would be a bonus

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