Industrial Automation Engineer (PLC / SCADA)

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• Grow Your Career: Embrace the opportunity for professional advancement with access to expert coaching and mentoring. We support your ambition to join professional bodies, covering membership fees, and offer pathways to achieve professional registration and chartership. Your career aspirations are our priority.
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Job Purpose

Firstco, are a UK based systems engineering company, specialising in mission-critical control and communication systems within transportation and other critical infrastructure environments like data centres.

We’re currently recruiting for a range of Control Systems Engineers with PLC and SCADA project experience.

This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and gain controls experience in a highly regulated environment.

Firstco is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Example Duties and Responsibilities

Applications are open to engineers with at least 5 years of control systems experience.

We’re ideally looking for candidates who have experience in some (but not necessarily in all) of the following areas:

• System design (Specifications, Drawings, Registers)
• System development (Software development, Hardware Configuration)
• Test and commissioning (FAT, SAT, System Migration)
• On-site implementation of systems
• Contributing to assurance and requirements traceability activities
• Experience of working on ABB, Allen Bradley/Rockwell Automation or Siemens PLC or SCADA platforms
• Awareness of IEC 62443 is desirable

Due to the nature of Firstco’s projects, some works will be required to be undertaken over night shifts or weekends to meet operational constraints. This will be occasional and planned activity, with the role being predominantly weekday-based.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in STEM subject or related field - Applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Candidates must be UK residents and be eligible to meet strict security vetting procedures which include employment or education references for the last 5-years.

Main place of work: Central London / Heathrow Airport / Hybrid Working 

Please be aware that we do not offer sponsorship or visa assistance for this role.