Control System & Commissioning Engineer

Job Title: Control System & Commissioning Engineer

Location: Leicester (occasional UK & overseas travel)

Salary: £40k - £42k

Job Type: Full Time / Permanent

The Role

Due to success and sustained growth, my client is now recruiting for an experienced Control Systems/Electrical Engineer to join their multi-discipline team, to deliver the machine control system for a range of exciting machinery-based projects.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing & developing software, PLC & HMI coding for various automation projects.

• To be responsible for commissioning & developing special purpose automated machinery, ensuring successful customer sign off testing to specification and timescale (FAT & SAT)

• To be responsible for the electrical design and creation of machine control system solutions for special purpose automated machinery projects.

• Deliver control and safety systems which comply with the requirements of the machinery directive and appropriate national & international standards

• Deliver electrical system design, selection of components and generating detailed circuit diagrams

• Integration of various robots, including Scara, Delta & 6-axis

• To design, develop and commission machine control and safety systems

• Responsible for creation of electrical documentation including circuit diagrams, cable schedules, installation documents and bills of materials

• Responsible for ensuring that machine electrical systems and safety system comply with all relevant European and international safety standards

• Responsible for correct selection and procurement of all components

• Maintain clear concise technical documentation, design specifications, machine manuals etc

The Candidate

• Competence in software design and PLC coding experience with the following equipment would be an advantage: B&R, Omron, Siemens, Rockwell

• Competence in electrical design for machine automation

• Knowledge of ePlan as this is our preferred design package

• Knowledge and understanding of the various national and international electrical standards for machine design and machine safety systems and requirements to CE mark machine systems

• Experience of integrating Scara, Delta and 6-axis robots would be an advantage.

• Demonstrate a proven track record of successfully delivering machine control system projects to required timescale and budget

• Knowledge and understanding of the various national and international electrical standards for machine design and machine safety systems and requirements to CE mark machine systems