Senior Control Systems Engineer

Royal IHC; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the United Kingdom is looking for a Senior Control Engineer. The role involves leading a team of Control Engineers, providing technical support in the Offshore Energy sector, and ensuring customer needs are met effectively. Candidates need a strong engineering background, relevant qualifications, and experience in managing a team within a technical environment. This position requires work at the Port of Blyth and various client sites worldwide, offering an exciting opportunity to advance in a bespoke engineering setting.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background with thorough technical knowledge of Control, Automation and Safety Systems.
• Experience designing control & automation systems and programming relevant systems.
• Management experience of a small team of Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small team of Control Engineers.
• Provide technical support and resolve Control System issues.
• Ensure high customer satisfaction with service support.

Skills

Strong engineering background

Customer service skills

Leadership skills

Technical knowledge of Control Systems

Project lifecycle involvement

Education

Degree in Computer/Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

PLC, HMI & SCADA systems

Variable Speed Drives

Job description

The role :

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Control Engineer to lead our Service Control Engineers. The successful candidate will manage a team of Control Engineers in providing Technical Support & aftersales care for RIHC’s products in the Offshore Energy sector; ensuring clients’ needs are met in a professional & timely manner.

You will be responsible for :

• Leadership and development of a small team of Control Engineers.
• Providing Technical support, Investigation and resolution of Control System related issues across a wide range of RIHC products.
• Implementing upgrades and updates to existing RIHC equipment.
• Ensuring customers are well supported in their service needs and technical issues are resolved quickly and efficiently to maintain high customer satisfaction.
• Efficient Management & Prioritisation of workload for the Engineers.
• Delivering a high standard of work in line with our Software quality control procedures.

Job requirements :

• Strong engineering background with a thorough technical knowledge of Control, Automation and Safety Systems and equipment
• Appropriate Computer / Engineering related qualification (degree / HND) or comparable industrial experience
• Experience in:
  • Design of control & automation systems
  • Programming of PLC, HMI & SCADA systems
  • Commissioning, Testing and Client Support of industrial control systems
  • Involvement throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and documentation
• Management & Development of a small team of Engineers
• Working for clients in the marine, subsea, oil & gas and renewables market.
• Recent experience of a similar role in a bespoke engineering environment / providing service support
• Role requires a mixture of working from RIHC’s Port of Blyth facility and other client sites / vessels around the world.
• Experience of working to ISO9001 or equivalent in a project based organisation.
• A high level of competence with IT systems and tools
• Excellent Customer Service skills

Desirable Skills / Attributes :

• Experience of Siemens TIA Portal / Unified (preferred)
• Experience of Rockwell or Mitsubishi platforms
• Experience of configuring & commissioning Variable Speed Drives (Siemens, Nidec & ABB)
• Previous experience within the Marine / Offshore / Subsea environment
• Knowledge & experience of relevant functional safety standards (IEC61508, IEC61511, IEC13849)
• Chartered Engineer status
• Availability to travel at short notice