Job Title: Control Systems Engineer (Beckhoff)

Department: Nuclear

Location: Stone and customer sites (likely 4 days a week)

Salary: £45,000-£50,000

Hamilton Woods Engineering is working with a leading advanced automation and real-time business intelligence company specialising in Automation, Control and IT Solutions and Services with major customers in the Nuclear, Energy & Infrastructure and Transmission & Distribution markets. The Company is renowned for its innovation, technical excellence, and project delivery, quality and safety

Summary of Role:

Modification of existing control systems held under support contracts and project work. We are looking for an engineer with experience of using Beckhoff control systems. Additional system technology includes Siemens PLC/SCADA. This role is predominantly based at their office out of their customers site with remote working opportunities.

Role Description:

• Development of PLC and/or SCADA system design and options from customer requirements
• PLC programming of control systems and configuration of SCADA from developed or given designs
• Involvement throughout whole software/systems lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and configuration, and documentation (working throughout to full QA procedures) specifically production of design specifications and Test Specifications
• Installation and configuration/testing work at customer sites
• Working within project team to customer deadlines

Essential Requirements:

• Engineering / Computer related or appropriate engineering qualification (degree/HND) or comparable industrial experience
• Good client facing skills, must be able to work as part of combined client/contractor team
• Experience of producing design documentation and Test Specifications
• Willingness to travel and work away when required
• Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 PLC programming - IEC (phone number removed) Structured text.
• Familiarity with Unit testing.
• Agile working methodology.
• Version control software (Git).
• Must be able to attain UK Security Clearance
• Driving licence

Desirable Requirements/experience:

• 3 years' experience expectation to fulfil requirements of this post
• Knowledge of project lifecycle
• PLC system design, coding, testing and commissioning
• SCADA system design, configuration and commissioning
• Experience of working in the Nuclear Industry

Personal Qualities:

• Analytical thinking with a clear logical approach to problem solving

• Confident and capable and able to work accurately under own initiative and within a team environment
• Ability to learn quickly, understand client requirements and translate these into an effective solution
• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to own workstreams
• Be flexible in working methods
• Safe work ethic

In return our client offers the following benefits to permanent employees

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Pension
• Life assurance policy
• Private health care
• Lifestyle screening
• Salary sacrifice programme
• Mental health assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Green car scheme
• Support in achieving professional engineer status (IEng, CEng) and professional membership fees covered