PLC Software Engineer

Job Title: PLC Software Engineer

Location: Liverpool

Shifts: Days 40 hour week

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum

Metalis are working with a well-established automation business who are looking to add to their team in one of their local offices in Liverpool, for the position of a Control Systems Engineer.

Job Duties:

• Client liaison and interpreting clients' requirements to provide engineering and costed documented proposals where necessary.
• Design, development and programming of PLC HMI SCADA control systems and industrial automation project software to meet the customers' objectives.
• Ensuring a project is fit-for -purpose and adheres to the project budget and schedule.
• Often working within a multiskilled team of electrical design, process safety systems engineering and control software engineers to deliver a turnkey hardware/ software project in sectors such as food, beverage, chemical, marine and materials handling.
• Using your existing experience in Rockwell Automation / Allen Bradley or Siemens PLC control software design, and knowledge of HMI / SCADA systems.
• Deliver projects with software process safety systems.
• Generate all required documentation associated with software and hardware solutions.
• Provision of site technical and commissioning services.
• Where required, taking responsibility for a team of engineers and training/mentoring junior engineers.

Job Specification:

• Have an extensive amount of experience within Control System Engineer
• Have strong knowledge of Automation
• Strong knowledge of CAD (Computer-aided design)
• Strong Knowledge of design, development and programming of PLC HMI SCADA control systems
• To be able to identify and communicate any problems/barriers affecting realisation of potential business or opportunities for improvements to your manager, with suggestions for resolution where possible.