Senior Automation Engineer

5 hours ago


Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom Bilfinger Full time
Lead Engineer (Automation)

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across various industries. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring high availability and reducing maintenance costs.

Role Overview

Our Automation teams deliver projects in industries including Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Energy/Renewables, Data Centres, and Utilities. We utilize a wide array of technology, including Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, Ignition, and more. Our solutions encompass PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, Batch, Functional Safety, OT Cyber Security, and Industry 4.0.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with the Project Manager and engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project lifecycle.
  • Provide overall technical and engineering team leadership.
  • Support the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management.
  • Ensure project technical and quality requirements are met.
  • Develop and lead detailed task and procurement lists.
  • Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress.
  • Identify project opportunities and variations.
  • Support the Project Manager in identifying and managing risks and issues.
  • Support the Project Manager in project delivery strategy development and planning.
  • Identify and enable reusable modules through standardization and modularization of systems.
  • Prototype new technologies.
  • Plan and support training.
  • Mentor Engineers.
  • Support the Automation sales and proposals teams in business development.
  • Provide Health and Safety leadership by example.
Functions

Lead Engineers are expected to undertake the following:

  • Central involvement in sales to projects hand-over process.
  • Assist the Project Manager in developing the project Quality plan.
  • Assist the Project Manager in developing and updating task & procurement lists.
  • Peer review documents created by the project team or other teams.
  • Act as the main contact/client interface for the project and deputise for the Project Manager where required.
  • Undertake or manage site surveys as required.
  • Lead outline design, upfront design studies, and requirement definition for clients.
  • Develop FDS and DDS with the project team as necessary.
  • Develop Test Specification & design testing methodology with the team.
  • Undertake & record ongoing engineering reviews throughout the project.
  • Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary.
  • Develop O & M documentation with input from the project team as necessary.
  • Lead or manage full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT, and installation.
  • Undertake or manage observations, variation, and reworks.
Experience & Qualifications

The following experience is essential:

  • Development & delivery of detailed design documentation.
  • Hands-on delivery experience of PLC and SCADA systems.
  • A good appreciation of Control panels, electrical installation, and Instrumentation solutions.
  • A Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Systems, or relevant discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer or working towards professional registration.

Experience of some or all of the following is desirable:

  • PLC and SCADA experience with Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, or Ignition.
  • MQTT & IOT Systems.
  • Historians.
  • Database Implementation and Management.
  • Ethernet Network design and configuration.
  • IT hardware & Software.
  • Virtualised platforms such as VMware & ESXi.
  • OT Cyber Security.
  • Functional Safety.
  • C#,.NET, Python, JavaScript, CSS, etc.
  • Industrial Protocol Knowledge (OPC, IEC, Profinet, Modbus, etc).


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