SCADA/PLC Controls Engineer — Night Shift & Overtime

Orion Electrotech; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Electrotech is looking for an Electrical Controls & Instrumentation Engineer to join a busy maintenance team supporting three major contracts. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on electrical, controls and instrumentation systems across critical facilities, with day and night shifts.

Overtime and on‑call duties drive earnings, with sensible remote support responsibilities built into the on‑call rota after around three months.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Electrical or equivalent.
• 18th Edition (essential).
• City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing (preferred).
• LVAP experience.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Strong hands-on electrical maintenance background.

Responsibilities

• Planned and reactive maintenance on electrical, controls and instrumentation systems.
• Working across both day and night shifts (4 nights per week - between 12am-4am - nice short shift!!).
• Planned shutdown work carried out between 12am-4am.
• Ensuring SLA targets are met on maintenance activities.
• Fault finding on dampers, flow switches and other instrumentation equipment.
• Remote and on-site support as part of an on-call rota after around 3 months - Approximately 90% of issues are resolved remotely.

Skills

PLC fault finding

SCADA experience

HMI & I/O knowledge

PLC programming

Education

NVQ Level 3 Electrical

City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing

Job description

Orion Electrotech is looking for an Electrical Controls & Instrumentation Engineer to join a busy maintenance team supporting three major contracts. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on electrical, controls and instrumentation systems across critical facilities, with day and night shifts.

Overtime and on‑call duties drive earnings, with sensible remote support responsibilities built into the on‑call rota after around three months.