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Control Systems Engineer - Burton

Burton upon Trent
8 months ago
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Senior Controls Engineer
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This business combines deep experience in manufacturing industries with excellence in systems integration and performance management. The team is made up of qualified engineers with specialist experience in the fields of process control, plant automation, SCADA, PLC, telemetry, and IT/OT complementary technologies (MES, Analytics, Industrial Networking, Industry 4.0). With a focus on continuous improvement, they are ISO 45001, ISO27001, ISO14001 and ISO9001 certified. As a business, their project solutions are based around Rockwell, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Wonderware, Schneider, SQL and various legacy technologies.

Responsibilities:

Writing software from scratch for PLC programmes using Siemens, Rockwell, Mitsubishi, or Schneider software.
Control system software design and implementation
Producing cutting edge solutions for process control systems clients in the food & beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and utilities sectors.
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On site installation, testing and process commissioning.
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