Lead Systems Engineer

2 months ago


Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom Bilfinger Full time
Principal Systems Engineer

Location: Warrington

Bilfinger UK is a prominent engineering and maintenance service provider, catering to clients in various sectors including chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables, and food & beverage industries. Our focus is on optimizing asset performance, ensuring high availability, and minimizing maintenance expenditures.

With extensive expertise in both offshore and onshore facilities, we specialize in asset management services throughout all phases of the asset lifecycle, including consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

Our commitment to excellence is upheld by a skilled workforce of over 4,500 professionals operating from 14 strategically located offices, dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of safety, compliance, and quality.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer who will be an integral and proactive member of our team, responsible for the successful technical delivery of comprehensive project solutions in alignment with company protocols while adhering to budgetary and timeline constraints.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate leadership by effectively distributing tasks among team members, supervising progress, and providing updates to the project manager regarding advancements, risks, and challenges.

The Principal Engineer will collaborate closely with the Project Manager and engineering team to ensure seamless project execution in accordance with the established project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Oversee the technical delivery of projects
  • Collaborate with the Project Manager on all facets of project technical delivery and scope management
  • Delegate tasks to the engineering team and track progress
  • Ensure projects meet technical and quality standards
  • Guarantee compliance with company quality processes and procedures
  • Identify project opportunities and variations
  • Assist the Project Manager in risk and issue management
  • Promote the use of reusable modules through standardization and modularization of systems where applicable
  • Engage in prototyping of innovative technologies
  • Plan and support training initiatives
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Support the Automation sales and proposals teams
  • Contribute to departmental business development efforts
  • Lead by example in health and safety practices
Main Functions:

The Principal Engineer is typically expected to perform the following:
  • Participate in the sales to project handover process
  • Engage in the initial engineering review
  • Assist the Project Manager in developing the QA plan
  • Help create the project Gantt chart
  • Contribute to the initial task and procurement list development
  • Continuously update detailed task and procurement lists
  • Conduct peer reviews of documents produced by the project team or other teams
  • Attend contract meetings with the project manager as necessary
  • Perform site surveys as required
  • Conduct outline design, preliminary design studies, and requirement definitions for clients
  • Develop Functional Design Specifications (FDS)
  • Create Detailed Design Specifications (DDS)
  • Formulate test specifications and design testing methodologies
  • Develop project modules as identified in the design (including PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, communication drivers, etc.)
  • Prepare site work documentation with team contributions as needed (Risk assessments, method statements, site test documentation)
  • Create Operations & Maintenance (O&M) documentation
  • Conduct comprehensive integrated system testing, including CFAT, SAT, and installation
  • Manage observations, variations, and reworks
  • Oversee packing and shipping of the system
  • Supervise site installation
  • Facilitate site retesting
  • Provide warranty support as required
Experience & Qualifications:

A minimum of 5 years of experience in developing integrated control system solutions is required.

Essential experience includes:
  • In-depth knowledge of the complete project lifecycle from system specification through design, development, testing, and on-site commissioning
  • Practical experience with PLC and SCADA systems (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of control panels, electrical installations, and instrumentation solutions
  • A Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Control Systems, or a related field
  • Chartered Engineer status or progress towards professional registration
Desirable experience includes:
  • Cyber Security
  • Functional Safety
  • Fire & Gas Systems (e.g., Detronics)
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
  • Drives
  • Plant Historians
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
  • Industry 4.0
  • IoT and Edge Computing (NodeRed, MQTT, etc.)
  • IT/OT Convergence
  • Network design and configuration
  • Database implementation
  • Batch & Recipe Systems
  • Energy Efficiency and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Knowledge of Industrial Protocols (IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, OPC, etc.)
  • Custom code development

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