OT Network Engineer

BGEN Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Opportunity to purchase additionalholi

My Rewards - discounts on high street

Employee assistance programme

25 days annual leave plus bank/public

Job summary

BGEN Ltd is seeking an experienced OT network engineer to survey and upgrade industrial networks across live sites. You’ll design resilient architectures and configure Hirschmann switches, working with PLC/HMI configurations and layer 3 routing.

This role focuses on safe, compliant network changes with minimal disruption, documentation, migration planning, and collaboration with specialists to deliver reliable, secure automation networks for our clients in water, energy, and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial automation and OT networks.
• Hands-on surveying of industrial networks and configuring switches.
• Ability to plan upgrades with minimal operational impact.
• Knowledge of VLANs, network resilience and security.

Responsibilities

• Survey OT networks, PLC and HMI equipment.
• Document topology and migration plans.
• Assess upgrade options and risks for assets.
• Design resilient architectures using Hirschmann switches.
• Plan staged migrations to minimise disruption on live sites.
• Collaborate with PLC/HMI configurations and firewalling.

Skills

Industrial automation

OT networks

Surveying networks

Switch configuration

VLAN configuration

Tools

HiVision

HiDiscovery

Fortinet

Hirschmann switches

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where you’ll be working?

BGEN is one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the Water, Power & Energy, Pharmaceutical, Nuclear and Food and Beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions.

What you'll be doing?

• Survey existing OT networks, control panels and connected equipment (PLC, HMI, Remote I/O, Protocol converters) including their communication modules, firmware versions and compatibility and end of life status.
• Document network topology, switch configurations, fibre and copper connections, protocols and asset conditions and produce clear survey reports, functional specifications, configuration records and migration plans.
• Assess upgrade options for aging assets. Recommend partial or full replacement, or firmware upgrade and understand operational impact and risks.
• Design network architectures and configure industrial managed switches, particularly Hirschmann switches for resilient networks, including fibre rings, VLANs, port configuration, RSPAN, multicast handling and network monitoring.
• Bench test configurations and plan staged migration to minimise disruption to operational processes.
• Work with specialists on PLC, HMI configurations and layer 3 networking and firewalls.

What You’ll Bring

• Practical experience in industrial automation, system integration and OT networks.
• Hands on experience surveying industrial networks and configuring managed switches.
• Understanding resilient network design, VLANs, configuration of network devices and network fault finding.
• Experience in planning, testing and commissioning changes on live operational sites.

Beneficial Skills And Experience

• Hirschmann switches and tools (HiVision and HiDiscovery).
• Ring and redundancy protocols (MRP, RSTP, IGMP snooping, QoS, SNMP, RSPAN).
• Water industry experince.
• Rockwell, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Schneider PLC and HMI platforms.
• Layer 3 routing, network segmentation, Fortinet products and Cyber Security.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Company Pension Scheme.
• Death in Service Benefit.
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees).
• My Rewards - offering discounts on high street and online shopping.
• Employee assistance programme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

In addition, this role offers;

• Private health care for you.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About Us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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