A Controls Engineer with experience of Siemens TIA Portal, S7 and Wonderware Control Systems is sought by a growing manufacturing company in the Cardiff area
AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
The key focus of the role is to provide plant support on integrated solutions, supporting the Process Control and IT architecture model delivering Automation Control & Instrumentation solutions to the site. You will integrate and maintain key industrial components used in the manufacturing process e.g. sensors, valves, process control systems, Industrial PC's and carry out problem solving at the PLC level to rectify problems and connect to high level systems and reduce reliance on 3rd party support suppliers.
As the PLC technical lead your primary function is to provide breakdown support to the manufacturing operations for PLC control related issues, develop the maintenance and administration and all aspects of the electrical process control systems infrastructure and instrumentation of all site PLC, HMI, SCADA and Historian software systems along with other programable devices in addition to this you will maintain and administer process control communication networks which include: Ethernet, ControlNet, Device Net, Modbus & Profibus. You will also serve as a site competent person(C2), in electrical systems to guide and support, through close
Other duties will include systems design & maintenance, code backups, fault finding, maintenance monitoring, upgrades & bug fixes, system procedure updates. configuration management, develop User Requirement Specifications for new/modifications to control and instrumentation systems, establish and manage test rigs/environments, support Engineering shutdown and weekly improvement meeting and act as Competent person for Process Control & Instrumentation Engineering
The successful candidate will need the following skills and experience
* Knowledge of SAP, MES, Wonderware.
* Knowledge of PLC's, Instrumentation and Drives- Preferably Siemens systems.
* Ability to modify and test PLC and control systems.
* Knowledge of IT architectures for relevant plant industrial networks.
* Experience on low voltage and extra low voltage systems
* Reporting to the Maintenance Manager (with on shift direction from Engineering Team Leader).
SALARY & BENEFITS
This is a continental shift based role with a salary package worth 32500 plus 22 Shift Annual Leave (plus bank holidays), 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer, Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days, Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, Critical Illness Cover and personalised Learning & Development Opportunities
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This is a great opportunity within one f the UK's leading manufacturing companies. If you are interested please contact Adam Jones at Major Recruitment or click Apply Now
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