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Controls Engineer – Siemens TIA Portal – Remote - Permanent - £55-60k + Overtime = £60-70k total earnings
***Headlines for Controls Engineer role – Remote position in a robust and growing industry, company is a Siemens partner and specialist, opportunity to define code structures and influence technology usage in the department***
Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Controls Engineer with recent/strong TIA Portal programming knowledge to join a specialist engineering company. The successful Controls Engineer could have worked in any industry if the Siemens TIA Portal knowledge is strong!
Key aspects of the Controls Engineer role include;
- Leading software activities for mainly material handing / conveyor type projects
- Controls Engineer will have the opportunity to progress to Lead Engineer role
- Some site based commissioning – 50/50 split between home and being out on customer sites – this is likely to be mainly UK sites with some international travel – site visits are typically 2-3 weeks in duration
- Company has a culture of pushing the boundaries of what systems and technology can do
- Contribute to the development and/or review of the project FDS
- Design system architectures and software components using Siemens TIA Portal
- Knowledge of SCL (Structured Control Language) for data management and loops is required
- Conduct Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) and software validation
- Oversee system integration, upgrades and commissioning
- Experience with IP-based architectures, ProfiNet, ProfiBus, Asi and other industrial network technologies.
- Understanding of design, build and project delivery methods
- Experience with high level languages would be advantageous or a desire to learn (e.g. Python, C++, PHP, Java)
- When working away, any hours worked over 40/week will be classed as overtime and paid at x1.25 for hours worked Monday-Friday and x1.5 for hours worked on weekends.
- Working hours are typically 8:15-5pm Monday-Thursday and 8:15-2pm on Fridays or you can choose to work 8:15-4:30pm Monday-Friday.
- Department manager estimates earning between £5-10k per year in overtime is realistic given the work schedule
- All applicants need to be based in the UK and be able to travel internationally freely without restrictions.
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Please apply today for an immediate response!
