Senior Controls Engineer - Power Generation

Aggreko; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career development opportunities

Safety-first culture

Job summary

Aggreko in Pune, India is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to support development of control systems and strategies for power generators and advanced monitoring integrations. You will drive specification, development, and improvement of controls across multiple environments, ensuring safety and reliability.

The role requires 7+ years of experience in Powergen controls, strong HMI/PLC/SCADA skills, and familiarity with industry platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience as a controls engineer in Powergen.
• Strong understanding of generator control systems, HMI, telemetry, and PLC/SCADA.
• Experience in identification and design of Safety Instrumented Systems.

Responsibilities

• Represent the controls systems SME for Powergen product function and the wider group.
• Define best engineering practice for the Controls discipline and requirements for compliance with relevant national and international standards and legislation.
• Creation of technical specifications, functional design specifications and test procedures for control systems.
• Hold the technical authority for the identification and provision of safety instrumented systems, including process development.
• Ensure that controls systems are selected, engineered and packaged to meet diverse applications and environments, considering efficiency, reliability, maintainability, flexibility, and total costs of ownership.
• Develop existing controls systems to achieve operating/manufacturing improvements and meet new market needs, including adapting products for different applications and business sectors.
• Work closely with internal and external customers to arrive at engineering specifications that optimize the commercial potential of new and existing products, exploiting available technologies.

Skills

Controls engineering

Powergen knowledge

HMI and PLC/SCADA

Telemetry systems

Safety Instrumented Systems

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical preferred)

Tools

DSE

DI.ANE

Deif

Comap

Woodward

GAC

Job description

Bring your energy to Aggreko as Senior Controls Engineer where you will be responsible for supporting development of control systems and strategies for the effective, efficient, and safe operation of power generators You will also be supporting development of control systems and strategies for the effective, efficient, and safe operation of power generators, integration to supervisory systems.

Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What You’ll Do

• Represent the controls systems subject matter expert (SME) for Powergen Product function and the wider group.
• Have technical responsibility for the specification, development and continuous improvement of the control systems and technologies that support Aggreko remote monitoring and diagnostic functions.
• Define best engineering practice for the Controls discipline and requirements for compliance with relevant national and international standards and legislation.
• Creation of technical specifications, functional design specifications and test procedures for control systems.
• Hold the technical authority for the identification and provision of safety instrumented systems, including process development.
• Ensure that controls systems are selected, engineered and packaged to meet diverse applications and environments, considering efficiency, reliability, maintainability, flexibility, and total costs of ownership.
• Develop existing controls systems to achieve operating/manufacturing improvements and meet new market needs, including adapting products for different applications and business sectors.
• Work closely with internal and external customers to arrive at engineering specifications that optimize the commercial potential of new and existing products, exploiting available technologies.

You Are

• Engineering degree, preferably Mechanical
• Experience: Minimum 7 years professional experience as a Controls Engineer with Powergen industry-specific knowledge.
• Excellent understanding of Product and application design within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment; Generator design standards and considerations; Generator control systems and applications; HMI and Codesys application development; Telemetry systems and configuration; NPD Processes and fast-track development programs.
• Familiarity with industry-available control platforms (DSE, DI.ANE, Deif, Comap, Woodward, GAC, etc.) is advantageous.
• In-depth and up-to-date understanding of control system technologies (telemetry, PLC, SCADA) with experience managing deployed solutions.
• Experience in identification and design of Safety Instrumented Systems.

What You’ll Get

• Full-time role based in Pune, India
• Competitive compensation and industry-leading benefits
• Continuous learning and career development opportunities
• A safety-first culture where your team’s wellbeing is paramount

Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent. If that feels like you, build your career with the people bringing energy to the world.

Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.