Automation Service Engineer

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Bilfinger Full time
Automation Service Engineer

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.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities, specializing in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases. This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance, and quality.

Main Responsibilities
  • Operate a variety of PLC/PC software application automation packages and diagnose faults on automated systems.
  • Connect remotely to clients' PC/PLC/SCADA applications and diagnose issues on unfamiliar applications.
  • Identify engineering scope changes and manage the process of change control.
  • Ensure reports are detailed with root cause and resolution.
  • Survey automation systems and deliver adoption/obsolescence reports, advising clients on risk and upgrade paths.
  • Carry out automation small works and repairs estimates, with regards to hardware scope and man hours.
  • Communicate with clients and observe production sequences, providing ideas to improve rates of failure or productivity.
  • Select and specify PLC/HMI/SCADA hardware and software.
  • Comply with all BUK safety rules and create effective RAMS.
  • Comply with all BUK company processes and procedures.
Qualifications and Experience
  • Completed an engineering apprenticeship.
  • Previously worked in a maintenance and/or commissioning role, with the ability to fault find via multiple PLC manufacturers and types.
  • Ability to make minor modifications to PLC code and systems, including changing PLC cards, identifying issues, and rectifying coding issues.
  • Ability to connect and back up PLC and HMI software applications, storing and sharing as required by contracts.
  • Ability to complete PC healthchecks, replace hard drives, backup, and restore applications.
  • Excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to work alone as well as supervise a small team on specific projects.
Preferred Qualifications and Experience
  • Familiar with detailed EICA specifications and understanding of scopes of work, EICA design drawings, and EICA schedules.
  • Understanding of the principles of cybersecurity, including layers of protection, and ability to undertake high-level assessments providing recommendations for systems and process hardening.
  • Selection and specification of general LV electrical items, such as distribution equipment, isolation and control equipment, cables, protective devices.
  • Selection and specification of general items of equipment, such as converters, barriers, indicators, relays, junction boxes, panel, fixings, cable management, etc.
  • Selection and specification of instrumentation equipment for different types of flow, pressure, level, temperature, and analytical instrumentation, including cables, Non I.S, and I.S systems.
  • Ability to connect to OS networks using products such as Profitrace to report on and diagnose network health, providing recommendations.


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