Company Description
Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.
Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.
We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.
To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all
Job Description
Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a Control Systems Engineer to join our team on a 12-month contract, working on-site at our customer’s facility in Derby. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing advanced engineering and test capabilities within a multi-disciplinary environment.
You will contribute to the design of new production and experimental test facilities, help reduce costly breakdowns, and work collaboratively to improve the reliability and safety of plant, personnel and test processes.
Role Details
Job title: Control Systems Engineer
Contract length: 12 months
Location: Derby
Contract type: PAYE via Umbrella solution
️ Key Responsibilities
- ️ Review and agree high-level functional and operational requirements, including testability
Design and implement complex control system solutions to meet defined requirements, constraints and standards
Work within a cross-disciplinary team to deliver solutions for new production and experimental test facilities
Software development: Write complex software modules from philosophy documents and modernise obsolete control systems
Hardware design: Develop detailed hardware designs from concept documents (e.g. P&IDs, equipment schedules) for new or upgraded installations
Identify and resolve issues during software and hardware integration testing, supporting commissioning activities
Prepare high-quality technical reports and documentation in line with engineering best practice
Act as technical support to the supply chain, assessing electrical and control components and managing design updates
Undertake project planning and control to ensure adherence to cost and schedule
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience
Degree or equivalent professional accreditation in an engineering discipline (Controls, Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation or Software preferred)
Hands-on experience with industrial control systems and industrial IT/OT networks
Experience with Rockwell / Allen Bradley control systems is advantageous
Proven experience specifying and designing control system hardware, including I/O signal interfaces with instrumentation
️ Working knowledge of change and configuration management tools and processes
️ Experience using control system design tools such as AutoCAD Electrical and/or E-Plan
Ideally, experience across the full engineering product or project lifecycle (requirements through to disposal)
Broad understanding of relevant IEC standards (e.g. Machinery Directive, BS7671 IET Wiring Regulations, IEC 61131, IEC 61508/61511)
Personal Attributes
Proactive, self-starting and able to work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines
Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Member of a professional engineering institution (e.g. The IET), ideally working towards Chartered Engineer status
Additional Information
Please be aware that many roles at Assystem are subject to both security and export control restrictions.
These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held,
and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.
All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the
UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
