Contract Type: Contract
Hours: Full time
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 01/04/2026
About this job
A leading infrastructure delivery partner is supporting a major wastewater programme across multiple North West sites. You will join an established MEICA and commissioning team working on critical upgrades to treatment assets and network communications. As a Commissioning Engineer, you will take ownership of commissioning and troubleshooting Profibus DP/PA networks across several wastewater treatment sites, ensuring stable communication between PLCs, MCCs, high‑lift pumps, instrumentation and remote I/O, working closely with electrical, ICA and SCADA teams to deliver safe and reliable integration.
Responsibilities
* Commissioning and fault‑finding on Profibus DP/PA networks to ensure robust and stable communication across site assets.
* Verifying network topology, segment lengths, termination, shielding and device addressing in line with project and client standards.
* Integrating and commissioning high‑lift pump systems, including MCCs, VSDs and Profibus‑enabled field devices.
* Carrying out diagnostics using tools such as BT200, ProfiTrace or Siemens PDM to identify bus faults, noise issues and device failures.
* Supporting FAT/SAT activities and validating Profibus communication, redundancy and failover behaviour across multiple sites.
* Working collaboratively with electrical, ICA and SCADA teams to ensure seamless integration into the wider site control architecture.
* Producing commissioning documentation, network test sheets and as‑built Profibus configuration records for compliance and handover.
Qualifications
* Strong background in Profibus DP/PA commissioning within water, wastewater or similar process environments.
* Experience working on operational sites with a solid understanding of MEICA/ICA interfaces.
* Ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues using industry‑standard tools.
* Confident producing clear commissioning documentation and test records.
* Full UK driving licence and willingness to work across multiple North West sites.
Benefits
* Up to £500 per day (Outside IR35)
* 3‑month contract with potential for extension
* Opportunity to support a major utilities programme with a leading delivery partner
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