Lead Controls Engineer

Description:

Lead Controls Engineer
Allen Bradley / Siemens
Southampton
£45000 to £55000
Immediate start Available

Role Profile:

As a Lead Engineer, you will be required to motivate and supervise the project engineering team, taking full responsibility for successful technical delivery of a complete project solution to the agreed scope in accordance with company procedures whilst meeting budgetary and time-scale targets.
You must be a committed and enthusiastic team member, who is pro-active and able to allocate tasks among team members, supervise, assist and monitor task progress to advise the project manager on progress, risks and issues. You should work co-operatively with the Engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project lifecycle.

Key Activities:

Overall technical and engineering team leadership
Working closely with and supporting the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management
Lead the technical and quality requirements on projects
Ensure project adherence to company quality processes and procedures
Detailed task and procurement list development and leadership
Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress
Identification of project opportunities and variations
Support the Project Manager in identifying and managing risks and issues
Support the Project Manager in the project delivery strategy development and planning
Identification and enabling of reusable modules by standardisation and modularization of systems where appropriate
Prototyping of new technologies
Working closing with customers and stakeholders through project delivery
Training planning and support
Mentoring of Engineers
Sales support
Support the Automation sales team and support department business development
Provide Health and Safety leadership by example

Key Functions:

Central involvement in sales to projects hand-over process
Central involvement in 1st Engineering review
Assist PM in development of QA plan
Assist PM in development of project Gantt chart
Assist PM in development of initial task & procurement list
Ongoing development & updating of detailed task & procurement lists
Ongoing development & updating of detailed task & procurement lists
Peer review documents created by the project team or other teams
Attend contract meetings with the project manager
Act as the main contact/client interface for the project and deputise for the PM where required
Undertake or manage site surveys as required
Lead outline design, upfront design studies and requirement definition for clients
Develop FDS - with the project team as necessary
Develop DDS - with the project team as necessary
Develop Test Specification & design testing methodology with the team
Develop or manage development of project modules. (Modules as identified in the design - PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, comms drivers, etc.)
Undertake & record ongoing Engineering Reviews throughout the project
Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary (Risk assessment, method statement, site test documentation)
Develop O & M documentation - with input from project team as necessary
Lead or manage full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT and installation
Undertake or manage observations, variation and reworks
Undertake or manage packing and shipping of the system
Undertake or manage site installation
Undertake or manage site retesting
Provide warranty support as necessary