Controls Engineer

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced PLC Programmer / Controls Engineer to join our installation and industrial maintenance team.

Based from home, you will service and support clients in the West Midlands area. The role is offered with an attractive salary, plus extensive expenses package including car allowance, company credit card, per diems, subsistence expenses.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, programming, and troubleshooting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across various systems, ensuring optimal performance and safety. This role requires extensive analytical and problem-solving skills and works well in an entrepreneurial environment. You must be proactive, have excellent interpersonal and client-relation skills and strong technical ability.

Responsibilities

• Design Programmable Logic Control (PLC) based Turbo Machinery control systems;
• Maintain and upgrade the software and design improvements of the local control panel and Master Control Panel (MCP);
• Oversee the onsite implementation and installation, commissioning and testing;
• Design for wastewater treatment facilities including electrical and control design, aeration distribution, and SCADA control implementation.
• Provide expertise on distribution and motor control utilizing components such as harmonic filtering, variable frequency drives, soft starts, and emergency power backup;
• Program and update software packages for human machine interface including Allen Bradley, General Electric Proficy (Intellution), Wonderware, and National Instruments Lookout;
• Supervise installation and start-up of control systems including new, old, and existing ones;
• Work on different communications systems including fiber optic, ethernet, serial and proprietary communications systems such as control net and profibus;
• Provide support to the company control and electrical engineering needs;
• Provide technical assistance to the start-up and production teams;
• Prepare Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (PID), submittals and technical documents;
• Coordinate with suppliers and customers selection and procurement of process instruments.
• Maintain a well-organized and current technical database.
• Prepare technical memos, design layouts and modifications to existing designs;
• Provide technical assistance during installation/start-up and on an ongoing basis.

Requirements

• Proven experience with programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including programming, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Strong electrical background with experience in industrial electrician work, high voltage/low voltage systems, sensors, calibration, and schematics interpretation.
• Experience in industrial aeration processes and wastewater treatment.
• Experience in relay logic and PID loop control systems.
• Knowledge of programmable logic controllers including Allen Bradley, Modicon, General Electric, Emerson, Siemens and others.