DCS Engineer

Wolviston Management Services; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolviston Management Services is recruiting on behalf of Tioxide Materials Ltd for an experienced DCS Engineer to join the Site Engineering team at the Greatham facility near Hartlepool. You will maintain and improve critical DCS/PLC systems in a 24/7 process environment.

Reporting to the Process Automation Manager, you\'ll implement changes from capital projects, support out-of-hours breakdowns, and develop KPIs and reports to ensure safety, reliability and compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a control-system environment.
• Strong experience with DCS and PLC process automation.
• Knowledge of firewalls, network management and software programming languages.
• Ability to work in a collaborative engineering environment with safety focus.
• Experience with MOD300 and/or DeltaV is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, monitor and improve DCS/PLC systems in a 24/7 plant.
• Develop and test DCS code changes before go-live.
• Analyse DCS performance data and investigate anomalies.
• Prepare control-system KPIs and performance reports.
• Coordinate the change-management process.
• Provide breakdown support, including some out-of-hours.

Skills

DCS

PLC

Process automation

Cyber security

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

MOD300

DeltaV

Siemens PLCs

Texas Instruments PLCs

PI Vision

Job description

DCS Engineer

Wolviston Management Services are recruiting on behalf of Tioxide Materials Ltd for an experienced DCS Engineer to join the Site Engineering team at their manufacturing facility in Greatham, Hartlepool.

This is a specialist control systems role supporting the safe, reliable and effective operation of the site's DCS and PLC systems. Reporting to the Process Automation Manager, you will combine routine system maintenance and breakdown support with continuous improvement and the implementation of control-system changes arising from capital projects and technical improvement programmes.

The Role

Working within a 24/7 process manufacturing environment, you will take responsibility for maintaining, monitoring and improving critical control-system infrastructure while ensuring all work complies with site cyber security, EHS and corporate requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out routine maintenance on site DCS and PLC systems, including data backups, hardware condition monitoring, file housekeeping and user-interface equipment renewals.
• Developing and implementing DCS code changes, ensuring modifications are robustly tested before being made live.
• Analysing DCS performance data, investigating anomalies and monitoring control-system security and availability.
• Preparing control-system KPIs and routine performance reports.
• Developing and modifying sequences, alarms and reports in line with user requirements.
• Testing system upgrades to ensure compatibility and satisfactory performance with existing systems.
• Coordinating the control-system Management of Change process.
• Supporting the implementation of the site's control-system improvement plan.
• Providing breakdown support to control-system users, including a degree of out-of-hours support.

DCS Engineer Systems Environment

The Greatham control-system environment includes:

• MOD300
• DeltaV
• Siemens PLCs
• Texas Instruments PLCs
• PI Vision

About You

We are looking for an experienced control-systems professional with a strong background in DCS, PLC and process automation.

You will ideally have:

• A degree in Engineering, Advanced Process Control or a related discipline, or an equivalent vocational qualification.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience within a control-system environment, ideally supporting a 24/7 chemical or process-manufacturing operation.
• Strong experience in DCS and PLC process automation.
• Knowledge of firewalls, network management and software programming languages.
• The ability to work effectively within a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• A strong commitment to technical standards, compliance and safe working.
• Experience specifically with MOD300 and/or DeltaV control systems would be particularly advantageous