OT Network Engineer

15 hours ago


Preston Lancashire, United Kingdom Harnham Full time

Job Title: OT Network Engineer Location: Preston area (2-3 days on site to start) Contract: 6 months | Rate: £450-£550 p/d | IR35: Outside TBC Overview: Seeking an OT Network Engineer to design and maintain a secure, high-performance OT infrastructure across a manufacturing environment. You'll ensure reliable comms for PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, robots, AMRs, BMS/HVAC and ERP-driven automation across multi-VLAN networks, working closely with both OT and IT teams. Key Responsibilities: Design and support OT networks (L2/L3, VLANs, QoS, segmentation). Implement OT security controls (zones/conduits, ACLs, firewalls, secure remote access). Optimise latency/jitter impacting PLC scan cycles and motion control. Integrate and troubleshoot Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Schneider PLC/SCADA systems. Support SCADA/HMI (WinCC Unified, FactoryTalk, EcoStruxure). Deep knowledge of Profinet, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, OPC UA/DA, BACnet. Work with IT to align OT designs, manage data flows to ERP/MES/SCADA. Own monitoring, documentation, backups, DR and change control. Required Experience: Strong understanding of industrial control principles and SCADA behaviour. Practical OT networking experience (segmentation, filtering, deterministic comms). Hands-on with key vendor ecosystems (Siemens / AB / Schneider). Able to diagnose complex system-network interactions. Confident working across both OT and IT teams. Desirable: Robotics, AMRs, conveyors, BMS/HVAC, OT-ERP integrations. IEC 62443 knowledge. Experience with historians, SQL logging, IIoT gateways.



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