Career Opportunities: Control Systems Engineer (58216)

Job Title:           Control Systems Engineer 
Location:           Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits 
Role Type:         Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF 58216
 
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as the Control Systems Engineer at Babcock LGE in Rosyth. 
 
Through expert engineering, procurement, project management and aftermarket support – combined with world-leading technologies – Babcock’s LGE business future-proofs our customers’ assets, allowing improved performance while reducing operational costs and meeting ever-tightening environmental and emission regulations.
 
The role
As the Control Systems Engineer you’ll perform all the control and software design and writing aspects involved in delivering marine gas handling systems, supporting the wider control, instrumentation, and electrical department. Support winning and delivering large scale process-engineering themed projects for our key customers, ensuring that the business maintains its position as the world leader in the delivery of marine cargo handling and fuel gas systems for the transportation/storage of liquefied gas. End customers include major worldwide shipyards and ship owners.

Day to day, you’ll be:

• Designing, Planning, Preparing and Writing PLC and HMI software for control systems with I/O in the region of 500-1500 I/O points. I/O Lists, Datamaps, External Communication Maps, Structured text, Ladder logic, Function Block, Simulation as required and coordinating with other business departments to achieve the required project objectives and deliverable schedules. 
• Mentoring of graduate Engineers
• Contribute to Product and Process Safety control aspects of workshops (HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, SIL and LoPA) 
• Promote and maintain a culture of openness, honesty, commitment, and continuous improvement
• Actively support the company's Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality and other policies and procedures
• Actively seek to anticipate and mitigate problems/difficulties
• Potential for role development where appropriate into increased Warranty and Aftersales support where vessel visits would be required to troubleshoot control/software faults

This role is full time, Monday to Friday and is based in Rosyth with hybrid working arrangements - 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home. 
 
Essential experience of the Control Systems Engineer

• Control system software design experience in either a project engineering or design engineering role
• Ability to work to deadlines whilst being reactive to customer/client requests for change
• Design engineering experience in the layout of I/O systems in E&I control panels
• Proven track record in PLC & HMI programming
• Familiar with Siemens/Allen Bradley/Emerson PAC8000 (or equivalents) PLC hardware and software packages
• Knowledge of remote monitoring system protocol and development
• Experience in witnessing and managing the FAT and/or site commissioning of control system software
• Preferably process industry control experience but would consider from other industries such as water, wastewater, power, pharmaceutical and drinks or food industry

 Qualifications for the Control Systems Engineer

• Degree qualified in Control/Software/Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• Significant track of relevant experience
• Strong competency to be demonstrated in development of HMI and PLC software, preferably with experience using PAC Machine edition.

Security Clearance 
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer: 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.
• Potential to develop skills.

 
Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 
 
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
 
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