C&I Engineer
Permanent
Netherlands
What you'll be doing:
Plant Controls & Instrument Engineers have responsibility for all aspects of Control and Instrument engineering on our Air Products operating facilities. These responsibilities include leadership and execution of plant improvement projects and plant troubleshooting. This often involves working as part of multidiscipline engineering teams and together in close cooperation with plant operations and maintenance teams. Project teams can range in dimension from local, through to European and occasionally global scale.
Specifically, the successful candidate will be expected to:
- Prepare project execution and control strategies.
- Liaise with other engineering disciplines, vendors and peers as necessary to develop and execute projects.
- Develop and be responsible for a project schedule and budget, adhering to all applicable safety, engineering, and management of change standards.
- Design and implement PLC, HMI & DCS code configurations as needed. Prior knowledge / appreciation of PLCs (GE, Rockwell, Omron, Siemens WinCC Flex/TIA) and DCS (ABB/ Siemens PCS7/ Delta V) systems will be advantageous.
- Specify plant instrumentation for example: Control valves, transmitters, analysers, flow instrumentation.
- Participate in P&ID, HAZOP reviews and relevant ATEX experience will be advantageous.
- Assist in factory and site acceptance tests and supervise construction contractors.
- Be responsible for, and actively involved in pre and post commissioning either on projects that you have been working on or assisting colleagues.
- Though the role will be primarily focused on execution of plant modifications the controls and instrument engineer will also at times be expected to:
- Work with the various operating teams and engineering disciplines to help troubleshoot and resolve critical plant C&I issues in the Northern continent region.
- Resolve plant IT issues and plant control networks so that effective remote support can be maintained.
- Change or organise the change out of defective plant instrumentation per Air Products standards or complying with current local standards.
- A high standard of engineering practice, technical governance and operational discipline must be upheld throughout all these activities.
What we'll be looking for:
- A high level of technical expertise ideally suited to someone with an Engineering Degree (Chemical, Mechanical or Control & Instrumentation Engineering) with 8 years relevant experience.
- Experience in a hands-on field role.
- Experience of commissioning C&I systems/components.
- A proven track record in the design, execution and implementation of Control and Instrumentation systems.
- Proven Practical, onsite plant experience with a 'hands-on' approach.
- Discipline to work to a schedule and manage competing priorities.
- Self-motivation with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to work productively, both unsupervised and as part of multi-discipline technical teams.
- Ability to manage and progress multiple projects at the same time.
- Demonstrate ability and be willing to learn new controls systems or skills with which you are not familiar. Internal and external training will be given in core areas where/when required.
- Flexibility to travel anywhere within the Northern Continent region to support projects for short durations, and to occasionally respond to plant problems outside working hours, with a willingness to travel at short notice.
- English language skills are required at a minimum. Additional languages relevant to the Northern Continent region are advantageous. You can expect to work at times as part of international teams as well as at local level.
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