Controls Engineer

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Duties Will Include

The Role To install, repair and maintain electronic control equipment, PLCs and Instrumentation throughout the site. To advise on and perform several processes including; Calibration of Temperature, pressure, vacuum and other Instrumentation. To identify and implement software / hardware modifications to electrical control equipment, PLC’s and Instrumentation. To ensure the correct set up of Combustion systems and burners for Furnaces.

• Installs, repairs, maintains and modifies various types of electronic control equipment, instrumentation and PLCs across the site. The work includes but is not exclusive to the following examples: furnace atmosphere and temperature control, electronic control modules for extrusion and forge presses, ultrasonic and eddy current test equipment. AC/DC Inverter drives, PLC and Automation control systems, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
• Responsible for electrical safety design modifications and improvements to equipment and facilities.
• Responsible for electrical safety investigations and corrective actions.
• Develop cost justifications for improvement projects and corrective actions.
• Provides the service to install and commission data acquisition equipment onto legacy control systems to provide data for use in OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
• Can foster close working relationships with the IT department when installing and commissioning data acquisition equipment, or when machine connection across the company wide network is required for SCADA systems including data storage for all temperature control equipment.
• Assigning IP addresses.
• Achieving connection to the company network.
• OPC (Open Platform Communication) integration.
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for temperature records.
• Examines, identifies and corrects faults in equipment by: -
• Reading and interpreting drawings, circuit diagrams, Equipment Manuals and other specifications;
• Applying established or prescribed procedures or techniques for diagnosing faults and performing calibrations;
• Using test equipment such as digital multi meters, calibration sources and custom-built test apparatus, PLC diagnostic software, pressure and vacuum test equipment.
• Provides diagnostic and technical advice to the Engineering Personnel, Production and Technical functions; applying advanced specialist knowledge in the electrical/electronic engineering field, identifying and correcting faults on items of production plant and other equipment incorporating electro-hydraulic, electro-pneumatic and other relevant systems.
• Coordinate outside contractor work activities with maintenance personnel or production personnel as required to minimize impacts to cost and production.
• Responsible for critical spare parts assessments and parts standardization.
• Dismantles equipment, repairs and/or replaces faulty components and wiring. Re-assembles equipment, tests for correct functioning, and checks calibration and adjusts as necessary. The Person
• HNC or C&G Technician Certificate or NVQ level 3 in relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Excellent PC and PLC skills.
• Excellent fault finding/diagnostic skills 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 visit our website to keep up to date with further vacancies. 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