Lead Engineer (Automation)
Location: Chesterfield
Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.
We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
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.
Role Profile
Our Automation teams deliver projects in various industries including Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Energy/Renewables, Data Centres and Utilities.
Our teams across Chesterfield, Fareham and Warrington deliver solutions using a wide array of technology including Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, Ignition and many more. These solutions include PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, Batch, Functional Safety, OT Cyber Security and Industry 4.0.
As part of our continued growth in Automation, we are looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team in Chesterfield.
The Lead Engineer will:
Motivate and supervise the project engineering team, taking full responsibility for successful technical delivery of a complete project solution to the agreed scope in accordance with company procedures whilst meeting budgetary and time-scale targets.
Be a committed and enthusiastic team member. Must be pro-active, and able to allocate tasks among team members and supervise, assist and monitor task progress and advise the project manager on progress, risks and issues.
Work co-operatively with the Project Manager and engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project lifecycle.
Key Activities
Overall technical and engineering team leadership
Work closely with and support the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management
Ensure project technical and quality requirements are met
Ensure project adherence to company quality processes and procedures
Detailed task and procurement list development and leadership
Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress
Identification of project opportunities and variations
Support the Project Manager in identifying and managing risks and issues
Support the Project Manager in the project delivery strategy development and planning
Identification and enabling of reusable modules by standardisation and modularisation of systems where appropriate
Prototyping of new technologies
Training planning and support
Mentoring of Engineers
Support the Automation sales and proposals teams in business development
Provide Health and Safety leadership by example
Functions
Lead Engineers are normally expected to undertake the following:
Central involvement in sales to projects hand-over process
Assist the Project Manager in the development of the project Quality plan
Assist the Project Manager in the development and ongoing updates of 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 – with the project team as necessary
Develop DDS – with the project team as necessary
Develop Test Specification & design testing methodology with the team
Develop or manage development of project modules. (Modules as identified in the design – PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, communication drivers, etc.)
Undertake & record ongoing engineering reviews throughout the project
Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary (risk assessment, method statement, site test documentation)
Develop O & M documentation – with input from project team as necessary
Lead or manage full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT and installation
Undertake or manage observations, variation and reworks
Undertake or manage site installation & commissioning
Experience & Qualifications
The following experience is essential:
Detailed experience of the full project life cycle from system specification through design, development, testing and on-site commissioning 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 61850, Profinet, Modbus, etc)
If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.
Engineering & Consultancy | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Bachelor's degree | Engineering leo.taylor@bilfinger.com