Instrument Controls Engineer

Salary: £57,600 – £60,000 per year

Prime Duties

1. To repair and maintain electronic control equipment, PLCs and Instrumentation throughout the site. The work includes but is not exclusive to the following examples.

• Repairs, maintains and where applicable modifies various types of electronic control equipment, instrumentation, and PLC’s across the site. electronic control modules for extrusion and forge presses.
• Use of PLC diagnostics functions to aid fault diagnosis.
• Maintain and setup of furnace atmosphere and temperature control equipment during routine calibration and breakdown situations.
• Maintain and where required install/replace AC/DC Inverter drives.

2. To perform Calibration of Temperature, pressure, vacuum and other Instrumentation.

• Calibration of combustion systems to Rolls Royce and Aerospace specifications.
• Site wide calibration of Pressure and Vacuum instrumentation.

3. To implement software / hardware modifications to electrical control equipment, PLC’s and Instrumentation.

• Hardware replacement where required to ensure serviceable spares availability.
• PLC code alterations implementing process improvements.

4. To, repair and maintain combustion systems.

• Setup of combustion systems during furnace calibrations.
• Tuning of combustion control systems to achieve the required specifications.
• Inspect and identify issues with combustion systems during preventative maintenance routines.

5. Provides diagnostic and technical advice to the Engineering Personnel, Production and Technical functions.

6. Can foster close working relationships with the IT department when updating and maintaining data acquisition equipment, or when machine connection across the company wide network is required for SCADA and data acquisition systems.

Other

Maintains a safe, clean, and tidy working environment wherever duties are carried out and always adopts safe working practices. Ensures that tools and equipment are maintained in a safe and secure manner.

Recognition is given to the need to be available at home during weekends, on a rota basis, to cover call outs to deal with plant breakdown.

Competencies

Good personal and organisational skills.

Experience with PLC control systems. Siemens preferred.

Excellent fault finding/diagnostic skills.

Experience in combustions systems preferred.

Experience in calibration systems preferred.

Ability to leverage best practices across the organization.

Goal oriented, data driven, with a strong sense of urgency.

Good communication skills.

The ability to organize and manage multiple jobs based on site priorities.

Education and Experience

HNC or C&G Technician Certificate or NVQ level 3 in relevant discipline

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

• Quarterly bonus
• Shift Allowance
• Callout premium
• Overtime where required

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday 3 shift working
• Weekend availability on a callout rota basis.

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to please apply.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.