Process Control & Automation Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Process Control & Automation Engineer

Location: Llanwern, Newport (NP19)

Department: Strip UK

Salary Band: £35,000 - £42,000 + Benefits

Closing Date: 11:00pm on 28th March 2022

We believe our strength is not just within our steel, but also in the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference. 

We’re investing for the future to create a sustainable steel industry in the UK. Key to this is our drive as a business is the management of our operating systems in order, to lower costs and to increase our capability as one of the UK’s leading steel manufacturers.

We can offer opportunities and support engineers who are looking to develop their skill set within a varied manufacturing environment. We are building for the future and investing heavily in the engineering of our operations. We can offer support to engineers who are also looking to develop their professional qualifications through an established, internal development centre.

Are you a passionate Automation Engineer who is looking to work in one of the largest heavy industry plants in the UK? Are you keen to progress and be given an opportunity to widen your skill set? Is so, we have an opportunity for you at our Llanwern site in Newport, South Wales.

The Role

We currently have the opportunity to recruit an Automation Engineer based within the  Process Control & Automation (PC&A) department at our site in Llanwern

The PC&A department provides Process Control and Automation services to the Strip UK Hub, The position reports directly to the Principle Engineer – PC&A.  It primarily exists to ensure that plant operations continue to run effectively via preventative maintenance, process improvements and development of new systems including automation system upgrades and efficient development and maintenance of Automation Control Systems.

Within the role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Ensure the Safety, Health & Welfare of staff and care for the environment.
• Carry out Automation systems improvements to reduce downtime/improve product quality.
• Driving continuous improvement through development of new Automation systems and replacement of  obsolete systems
• Ensure that all systems, procedures and documentation are kept up to date.
• Assisting works areas in  investigations, including failure identification and root cause investigations. Preparing  reports, to support both the resolution of problems and engineering improvements.
• Sharing of knowledge amongst team members to ensure skill levels are raised

The Candidate

Applicants will preferably be educated to a minimum of HNC level (or equivalent) in an  electrical/control discipline

A sound knowledge of process control and experience of developing and supporting SCADA systems, Historians, Data loggers, PLC systems (eg Siemens, Rockwell  GE, ABB).

A  knowledge of industrial networks would  also be a benefit.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and problem solving experience is essential

We expect applicants to have the following personal attributes:

- Well organised
- Good communicator at all management levels and with suppliers
- Analytical thinker
- Understand and interpret data relating to plant operation
- Proven track record of problem solving
 - Manage multiple tasks.

Benefits

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
• Annual Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)
• Annual Pay Review
• Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services

You may be also interested to know that we have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including, free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as discounts with local and national retailers and services.

About Us

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top ten steel producers. The combined group has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million ton and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Controls Engineer, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Engineer, Electrical, Engineering, Testing Analyst, Software Testing Engineer, Testing Technician, Software Testing Technician, Software Business Analyst, Senior Software Tester, Software Test Analyst, Software Tester, Software Quality Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Software Analyst, Software Development Engineer, Software Development Tester, Software Testing Consultant, Selenium, Jira, WebDriver, Automation may also be considered for this role.