Facility Engineer

Play It Fair; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking Facility Engineers to join their team, focusing on dynamic battery manufacturing systems. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects in a major automotive supplier's environment. As a Facility Engineer, you'll leverage your expertise in PLC programming and electrical engineering to design, develop, and implement solutions that enhance manufacturing processes. You'll be involved in commissioning, testing, and project management, ensuring that cutting-edge technologies are effectively integrated. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to contribute to transformative projects, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Electrical/Control Engineering.
• Strong understanding of design principles related to electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Support integration, commissioning, and acceptance testing activities.
• Project manage delivery of control system projects through integrators.
• Implement control software and perform verification using simulation tools.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical/Control Engineering

SCADA platforms

Project management

Software programming standards

Network design

Mass-manufacturing systems

Education

Degree/HND/HNC in Electrical/Control Engineering

Tools

Mitsubishi PLC

Siemens PLC

BECKHOFF platforms

Simulation tools

Job description

Are you looking for a new career opportunity in Facilities Engineering?

Expleo is recruiting Facility Engineers to join our team on-site with a major automotive supplier. In this role, you will ideally have broad-based experience in manufacturing and represent the Engineering Department in all aspects of designing, developing, and implementing solutions to control dynamic battery manufacturing systems. This position is based at our client's site in Sunderland and can be offered on either a contract or permanent basis.

Responsibilities for the Facility Engineer role include:

1. Supporting integration, commissioning, and acceptance testing activities.
2. Project managing the delivery of control system projects through appointed system integrators.
3. Supporting the installation, commissioning, in-service troubleshooting, and modification of systems.
4. Implementing control software and performing verification using simulation tools and real-time test environments.
5. Liaising with suppliers to source the most effective hardware or software solutions in line with the business's needs.
6. Supporting project-specific safety documentation to relevant standard requirements, including IEC61508, IEC61511, and EN ISO 13849.
7. Demonstrating excellence in programming PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications, supporting system concept design, including drafting diagrams and sourcing components.

Skills and experience required for the Facility Engineer role:

1. Degree/HND/HNC and/or 5 years of relevant experience in Electrical/Control Engineering.
2. Professional experience in PLC programming, including Mitsubishi, Siemens, and BECKHOFF platforms.
3. Experience in structured software programming to a recognised standard in LDR, ST/SCL, and FBD logic.
4. Excellent knowledge of modern SCADA platforms and a good working knowledge of network design.
5. Planning, schedule control, and project management.
6. Strong understanding of the design principles related to electrical systems and software engineering.
7. Knowledge of mass-manufacturing automatic systems, including experience with motion, vision, robotic, and sensing technologies, and the associated data acquisition of those systems.

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

To meet with current legislation, right to work checks will be carried out to ensure candidates are able to work within the UK; unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

Any application will be treated in a highly confidential manner and all conversations will be respected. For more information on this Facility Engineer role, please apply now!