EC&I / Control Systems Engineer Siemens

Are you an experienced EC&I or Control Systems Engineer who wants more technical ownership than a standard maintenance role can offer?

Were recruiting for a growing renewable energy business where youll use your expertise across Siemens PLCs, WinCC SCADA, instrumentation, DCS/SIS and industrial control networks.

Supporting a portfolio of operational biogas plants, upgrades and new projects, youll solve complex controls issues, improve plant performance and help shape the future of the companys control systems.

Why join?

• Salary up to £60,000, depending on experience
• Bonus of up to 15%
• Company car
• Private healthcare
• Employer pension contribution of up to 7.5%
• Life assurance
• Specialist technical training and development
• Varied work across operational plants and major projects
• Genuine influence over control-system reliability and standards
• Long-term career opportunity within renewable energy

What youll be doing

Working closely with Operations, Maintenance and Projects, you will:

• Programme, modify and fault-find Siemens Step7 Classic and TIA Portal
• Support and develop WinCC SCADA
• Calibrate and fault-find process instrumentation
• Complete loop checks, PID tuning and control optimisation
• Support DCS and Safety Instrumented Systems
• Work with virtualised and VM-based control environments
• Diagnose industrial network and communication faults
• Commission controls and instrumentation for plant upgrades and new projects
• Maintain control-system software, backups and documentation
• Support shutdowns, modifications and performance-improvement projects
• Contribute to functional safety, HAZOP, LOPA and DSEAR activities
• Help strengthen OT cyber security and system resilience

What were looking for

This position requires more than general PLC or SCADA maintenance experience. Youll need a strong, practical background in:

• Siemens Step7 Classic and TIA Portal
• WinCC SCADA
• PLC programming and modification
• Instrumentation, calibration and fault-finding
• Loop checking and PID tuning
• DCS and/or Safety Instrumented Systems
• Control-system commissioning
• Virtualised or VM-based control systems
• Heavy industrial, energy or process environments

Youll ideally hold an apprenticeship, HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in electrical, control, instrumentation or automation engineering.

Even better if you have

• CompEx, ATEX, DSEAR or hazardous-area experience
• OT or industrial networking experience
• Industrial control-system cyber security knowledge
• Process safety or functional-safety experience
• Siemens PCS7
• Profibus, Profinet, Modbus, OPC or industrial Ethernet
• VMware or Hyper-V

Relevant backgrounds could include biogas, anaerobic digestion, power generation, Energy from Waste, chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas, utilities, water treatment or automated process manufacturing.

If youre a Control Systems Engineer, EC&I Engineer, C&I Engineer, Automation Engineer or Instrumentation Engineer looking for a technically challenging role with real variety and influence, wed like to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion.