Control and instrumentation engineer

Questech Recruitment are recruiting for a Control and instrumentation Engineer to join the team at our client which is a well established manufacturing business in Northallerton. The role will be reporting into the Engineering and Maintenance Director. The Purpose Of The Role: To ensure PLC software and hardware is, safely controlled, updated and adequate to maintain and improve plant performance and to ensure all instrumentation is controlled calibrated and fit for purpose. Deliver solutions to problems using new and existing technologies and be at the forefront of both planned and reactive stops using the C I skillset to diagnose and rectify issues. The Duties: * Ensuring instrumentation and control systems comply with the relevant health and safety regulations; * Carrying out risk assessments on Process, plant, instrumentation and control systems; * Trouble shooting and fault finding process, plant, instrumentation and control systems; * Maintaining and improving existing process, plant, instrumentation and control systems to ensure operational requirements are optimised; * Maintaining instrumentation and control systems documentation and software back up, including responsibility for disaster recovery of all aspects of factory automated plant; * To work with the stores personnel to ensure critical spares are identified and held or available when required. * To maintain instrumentation capability and calibration through personal and third party suppliers. * To develop other capable engineers and apprentices * Obtain and update software licenses. * To plan and manage your day to day duties, issues and projects to ensure timescales are agreed and met when necessary. * Providing call out back up to maintenance technicians in the event of breakdowns or other emergencies; * Liaising with the stores and procurement coordinator when ordering relevant equipment, spares and service; * Working collaboratively with suppliers, project and site teams; * Providing technical expertise for HACCP studies and audits; * Production output will always be prioritised and you may be asked to perform various tasks, breakdowns or compliance issues, to ensure continuation of production. * Any other duty which may be deemed necessary in order to meet the needs of the business The Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am ndash; 17:00pm (40 hours a week). The Salary: Paying from GBP50,000 to GBP55,000 per year (Experience Dependent). Required Skill Set: * Ideally experienced in the development and maintenance of all aspects of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) , Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems (essentially Siemens and Wonder ware); * Current and relevant qualifications required for electrical and Electronic engineering. * Ideally experience of working with complex Instrumentation and control systems in a food manufacturing environment. Must be able to demonstrate an in depth understanding of the operation, connection, test and calibration of such instrumentation and control systems; * Working knowledge of the IET Wiring Regulations and their application in the manufacturing environment; * Familiar with all aspects of operation and fault finding on Servo Drive systems; * Familiar with ATEX regulations; * Familiar with flameproof and intrinsically safe system; * Excellent creative problem-solving and troubleshooting skills; * Good communication and interpersonal skills; * Good team working skills; * Ability to coach others and deliver training; * A willingness to accept responsibility and make decisions Attributes: *Flexible *Reliable *Motivated *Committed *Determined *Confident To be considered for this role please apply now with your most up to date CV. Alternativley for information please call (phone number removed) and speak to Simon