Controls & Automation Engineer

CONTROLS & AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Location: Fort William (Scotland)

Salary: £45,000-55,000/annum (negotiable) + 10 % bonus (based on annual salary) + excellent relocation package

Job type: Permanent

Role Objective

• Maintain site control systems to minimise breakdown times and ensure efficient recovery after system failures.
• Provide control systems expertise to lead complex control system process troubleshooting.
• Lead site control system maintenance projects and support site electrical engineering capital projects.
• Identify, implement and develop control system and equipment improvements to support smelter operations
• Supervise, mentor and coach technicians and engineers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage their own work and activities, in line with site HSEQ standards.
• Development, planning and execution of projects across the smelter and hydro-scheme which operates on a continuous basis 24/7.
• Project manage multiple projects concurrently in addition to providing engineering support to the site.
• Maintaining and updating all drawings associated with site control systems and projects.
• Monitors progress and performance against agreed objectives.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with both internal clients, and external suppliers and contractors.
• Ensure project specific management of change is carried out and recorded accordingly, against change register.
• Ensure compliance of all relevant legislation in relation to site control equipment.
• Provide Technical and Engineering support to Engineering and Operations functions.
• Ensure that all employees directly under their charge are aware of their responsibilities regarding HSEQ matters and their obligations for safe working.
• Discuss working methods with the HSEQ Department and determine adequate safe systems of work.
• Ensure that any contract or site personnel working on site for control system works, do so in a manner that complies with site HSEQ standards.
• Ensure continuity of operations by assisting with breakdowns.
• Assist with the development of apprentices with regards to controls and automation skills.

Person Specification & Experience

• Electrical and instrumentation knowledge.
• PLC, HMI and SCADA experience.
• PLC programming skills.
• HND or above in an engineering discipline

If you think that you have appropriate skills and experience to perform well at above role, please do not hesitate to apply!