Senior System Engineer (Automation)

-; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Chesterfield seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to participate in delivering complex projects across various industries. Responsibilities include ensuring technical quality, managing project tasks, and overseeing the engineering team's performance. Ideal candidates will have experience in PLC and SCADA systems, along with a degree in a relevant field. This role offers an opportunity to lead innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Detailed experience of the full project lifecycle from system specification to on-site commissioning.
• Hands-on experience delivering PLC and SCADA systems.
• Experience developing detailed design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the technical delivery of projects.
• Work closely with the Project Manager on project delivery.
• Allocate tasks and monitor progress of engineering team.

Skills

PLC and SCADA experience

Control panels and electrical installation appreciation

MQTT & IOT Systems

Ethernet Network design

Education

Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Rockwell

Siemens

Schneider

AVEVA

Ignition

Job description

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Role Profile

Our Automation teams deliver projects in various industries including Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Energy/Renewables, Data Centres and Utilities. Our teams across Chesterfield, Fareham and Warrington deliver solutions using a wide array of technology incl Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, Ignition and many more. These solutions include PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, Batch, Functional Safety, OT Cyber Security and Industry 4.0.

As part of our continued growth in Automation, we are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in Chesterfield.

The Senior Systems Engineer will:

• Be a committed and enthusiastic member of the team, taking full responsibility for successful technical delivery of a complete project solution to the agreed scope in accordance with company procedures whilst meeting budgetary and time‑scale targets.
• Be pro‑active, and able to allocate tasks among team members and supervise, assist and monitor task progress and advise the project manager on progress, risks and issues.
• Work cooperatively with the Project Manager and engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project lifecycle.

Key Activities

• Responsible for the technical delivery of projects.
• Work closely with and support the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management.
• Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress.
• Responsible for meeting the technical and quality requirements of projects.
• Ensure project adherence to company quality processes and procedures.
• Identify project opportunities and variations.
• Support theProjectManager in identifying and managing risks and issues.
• Identify and enable use of reusable modules by standardizing and modularizing systems where appropriate.
• Prototyping of new technologies.
• Training planning and support.
• Mentoring of Engineers.
• Support the Automation sales and proposals teams.
• Provide Health and Safety leadership by example.

Functions

• Involvement in sales to project hand‑over process.
• Assist the Project Manager in the development of the project Quality plan.
• Assist the Project Manager in the development and ongoing updates of task & procurement lists.

• Peer review documents created by the project team or other teams.
• Undertake site surveys as required.
• Undertake outline design, up‑front design studies and requirement definition for clients.
• Develop FDS.
• DevelopDDS.
• Develop test specification & design testing methodology.
• Develop project modules (Modules as identified in the design – PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, communication drivers, etc.)
• Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary (risk assessment, method statement, site test documentation).
• Develop O & M documentation.
• Undertake full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT and installation.
• Undertake observations, variation and reworks.
• Undertake site installation &commissioning.

Experience & Qualifications

• Detailed experience of the full project lifecycle from system specification through design, development, testing and on‑site commissioning is essential.
• Development & delivery of detailed design documentation.
• Hands on delivery experience of PLC and SCADA systems.
• A good appreciation of Control panels, electrical installation and Instrumentation solutions.
• A Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Systems or relevant discipline.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards professional registration.

• PLC and SCADA experience with Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA or Ignition.
• MQTT & IOT Systems.
• Historians.
• Database Implementation and Management.
• Ethernet Network design and configuration.
• IT hardware & Software.
• Virtualised platforms such asVMware & ESXi.
• OT Cyber Security.
• Functional Safety.
• Industrial Protocol Knowledge(OPC, IEC 61850, Profinet, Modbus, etc) .

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