Automations and SCADA Solutions Engineer

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Help UK Industry Modernise and Optimise

We're looking for people who can establish themselves as an extension of our customers' control and instrumentation teams, by demonstrating deep technical knowledge and creative application of modern automation technologies.

Your goals and responsabilities

Establish detailed knowledge of customer automation footprints, and their ongoing needs for investment and support

Design, validate and present automation solutions for greenfield and upgrade scenarios

Effectively communicate different aspects of automation value propositions to a mix of customer roles, including non-technical people

Evangelise our key partners' (GE Digital, Emerson Machine Control) products to customer technical teams and influencers

Support sales and marketing efforts by building and delivering demonstration solutions for key customers and markets

Provide support and consultative services to systems integration partners that work with Emerson and GE technologies

Help Novotek sales colleagues identify and qualify automation product opportunities in their customer and prospect base

What we offer

Flexibility - this role will work across our entire territory, so the successful candidate may be home-based if not located near one of our offices

A place in a team that works together to create shared opportunities and shared success

Competitive salary and incentive scheme

Ongoing professional development, including opportunities to develop new technology skills and domain expertise

Ongoing personal development including opportunities to career options in different roles as Novotek grows

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in science, engineering, technology or related discipline or equivalent industrial experience such as a minimum of five (5) years' experience within a hands-on automation role

Technical Expertise

Substantial hands-on experience with PLC or other automation controllers, including HMI, within industry. This should include all aspects from customer requirements gathering, initial system design, implementation, testing, commissioning through to on-going support. Ideally this should include exposure to SCADA systems.

Ideal candidates will have experience working with GE (now Emerson) PACSystems RX3i, Series 90 or other platforms, and iFIX or CIMPLICITY SCADA.

The ability to program in at least one IEC 1131 language

Practical exposure to OPC communications, ideally OPC UA

Exposure to relevant automation standards such as ISA 95, ISA 101 (HMI), ISA 18.2 (Alarm Management), ISA 62443 (Security) and IEC 1131.

Experience of any of the following would be beneficial:

Machine safety

Device level networks

Motion control solutions

High availability architectures

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Salary Range: £47,000-£52,000/year