Automation Technician – Water & Wastewater PLC/SCADA Expert

Elusav Recruitment; Leinster; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Elusav Recruitment is seeking an Instrumentation, Control & Automation Technician/Engineer for a leading engineering services contractor in Dublin, Ireland.

You will maintain and upgrade PLC/SCADA systems, field instruments and electrical controls at one of Ireland's largest wastewater facilities, with duties including fault finding, calibration and commissioning of VSDs and instrumentation. Expect on-site work, safety-focused practices and on-call support.

Qualifications

• Five years of power, chemical or industrial plant experience required.
• Four-year electrical trade apprenticeship or Bachelor's degree or Technical schooling in electricity, electronics, physics, instrumentation, computer programming, programmable logic controller programming and maths
• Working knowledge of switchgear, MCC controls, relay logic and various AC and DC voltage systems.
• Specific experience with Rockwell / Allen Bradley Control Systems and PLCs, ABB VSDs and instrumentation, Auma actuators is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and emergency repairs of plant instrumentation, plant PLC control and SCADA systems, plant electrical systems by performing duties personally.
• Troubleshoot, repair and maintain and upgrade the site-wide Process PLC control systems and related power generation control systems and field instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical components, panels and systems.
• Determine actions required for repair, maintenance and calibration of equipment and implement the actions.
• Test and troubleshoot pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and electronic components.
• Install, calibrate, scale and maintain plant hydraulic, electronic, and pneumatic control instruments.
• Install, commission and maintain plant VSD systems.
• Install new plant instrumentation and controls, i.e. installation of field instruments and PLC systems, add/modify logic and graphic code when new equipment is installed or when code changes are required.
• Commission / troubleshoot serial communications protocols. Assist electrical maintenance personnel when necessary.
• Interrogate PLC code to help with fault finding and repairs
• Record all activities on CMMS
• Provide out of hours support to plant operations during plant start-up, running and shutdown activities
• Participate in on-call rota
• Follow all health and safety rules and regulations. Keep work area clean, safe and orderly.
• Be able to work in a very fast paced environment where priorities may change regularly
• Willing to perform physically demanding tasks such as climbing ladders, working at heights and/or in confined spaces
• Perform other duties as deemed necessary by the Maintenance Manager.

Skills

Industrial plant experience

Troubleshooting

Maintenance & repair

Education

Electrical trade apprenticeship or Bachelor's degree or Technical schooling in electricity/electronics

Tools

Rockwell/Allen Bradley controls

ABB VSDs

Auma actuators

SCADA systems

Job description

Elusav Recruitment is seeking an Instrumentation, Control & Automation Technician/Engineer for a leading engineering services contractor in Dublin, Ireland.

You will maintain and upgrade PLC/SCADA systems, field instruments and electrical controls at one of Ireland's largest wastewater facilities, with duties including fault finding, calibration and commissioning of VSDs and instrumentation. Expect on-site work, safety-focused practices and on-call support.