We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Control Engineer to lead our Service Control Engineers.  The successful candidate will manage a team of Control Engineers in providing Technical Support & aftersales care for our products in the Offshore Energy sector; ensuring clients’ needs are met in a professional & timely manner.

You will be responsible for:

• Leadership and development of a small team of Control Engineers.
• Providing Technical support, Investigation and resolution of Control System related issues across a wide range of our products.
• Implementing upgrades and updates to existing equipment.
• Ensuring customers are well supported in their service needs and technical issues are resolved quickly and efficiently to maintain high customer satisfaction.
• Efficient Management & Prioritisation of workload for the Engineers.
• Delivering a high standard of work in line with our Software quality control procedures.

Job requirements:

• Strong engineering background with a thorough technical knowledge of Control, Automation and Safety Systems and equipment
• Appropriate Computer/Engineering related qualification (degree/HND) or comparable industrial experience
• Experience in:
  • Design of control & automation systems
  • Programming of PLC, HMI & SCADA systems
  • Commissioning, Testing and Client Support of industrial control systems
  • Involvement throughout the whole project lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and documentation
• Management & Development of a small team of Engineers
• Working for clients in the marine, subsea, oil & gas and renewables market.
• Recent experience of a similar role in a bespoke engineering environment / providing service support
• Role requires a mixture of working from our onsite facility in the North East and other client sites / vessels around the world.
• Experience of working to ISO9001 or equivalent in a project based organisation.
• A high level of competence with IT systems and tools
• Excellent Customer Service skills

Desirable Skills / Attributes:

• Experience of Siemens TIA Portal / Unified (preferred)
• Experience of Rockwell or Mitsubishi platforms
• Experience of configuring & commissioning Variable Speed Drives (Siemens, Nidec & ABB)
• Previous experience within the Marine / Offshore / Subsea environment
• Knowledge & experience of relevant functional safety standards (IEC61508, IEC61511, IEC13849)
• Chartered Engineer status
• Availability to travel at short notice

Due to the nature of our roles, candidates must be a UK Resident residing within the local area. Please note we cannot offer visa sponsorship for overseas candidates or relocation packages.