DCS Engineer

Department: Engineering & Maintenance

Location: Middlesbrough

Description

Our Business


px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com

The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a DCS Engineer to complete a range of hands-on responsibilities to support the TeesREP site in ensuring safety and availability of all DCS, Functional Safety, TOPi system historian plant systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and availability of all Site DCS, FS and all other local control systems and be part of the functional safety management team. Own and manage the system historian for the plant, including statutory compliance and maintenance and delivery of plant and systems.
• Take the lead in management of cyber security on all the IACS.
• Support the central ICT team in management and development of the process control systems on site.
• Co-ordinate and provide input into assigned and cross-functional improvement and change projectsand initiatives, contributing and leading resolution of appropriate engineering plant problems.
• Be the central information point for the TeesREP team and as required to other TeesREP departments on assigned areas.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Complete assigned programming, systems configuration and take a lead role in alarm rationalisation and management in line with EEMUA 191.
  
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• HNC or equivalent electrical, control or instrumentation engineering discipline.
• 24/7 process, energy or manufacturing experience, in DCS Systems and functional safety to complete job role responsibilities.
• Operations interface. Working with & to operational policies & procedure.
• Best practice standards in DCS systems & functional safety.
• A background working cross functionally delivering policies, initiatives & compliance. Engineering standards and codes: IEC 61508/61511 SHE systems, ensuring compliance, risk & improvement.
• Knowledge of applicable DCS platforms and associated applications, aswell as DCS Software software including Fail Safe Controller (FSC)
  
  

Benefits


What you will receive from us:
33 days holiday
Contribution towards eye test and glasses
Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
Long Service Awards
Employee recognition scheme - ELITE Awards
Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible Benefits Package
Onsite parking


We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.



Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.