Process Control Consultants

Salary / Rate:

GBP 35.00 

Location:

Strathclyde 

Rate:

Hourly 

Job Type:

Contract 

Sector:

Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals 

Date Posted:

02/09/2008 

Reference:

NESUK-OG016 

You will come from a consulting background and demonstrate a sound understanding or process control and automation. You will have a working knowledge of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and / or SCADA and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) technologies, and a minimum of 2 years experience in a consultancy environment.

You will have an active network of business contacts:.
The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate significant experience and expertise in at least one of the following technologies:

Distributed Control Systems (DCS);
SCADA;
Programmable Logic Controllers;
Safety Instrumented Systems.

Experience or understanding of the following would also be advantageous:

Functional Safety standards IEC61508/61511;
Alarm Management and EEMUA 191;
System support and troubleshooting;
Advanced Process Control and/or optimisation;
Process simulation;
OPC interoperability standards.

The successful candidate must demonstrate an excellent track record in the successful delivery of consultancy and project management assignments.

You will have a sound commercial awareness of identifying, developing and presenting value-added propositions for customers, following through to deliver profitable and reputation-enhancing consultancy assignments.

Our business is highly customer-focused and hence requires excellent verbal and written communication skills applicants therefore require a track record of engaging successfully with senior-level customer contacts. In addition, applicants must be able to communicate effectively and professionally with various levels of management, business users and IT staff.

Experience of working within an ISO9001:2000 Quality environment, ISO27001 Information Security Management or ISO14001 Environmental Management System would be an advantage.

You will be a self-starter, highly motivated and capable of showing initiative. More experie4nced candidates should be capable of supervising a team of engineers on larger projects.

Essential Skills:
Appropriate technical skills
Excellent communication skills
Attention to detail
Professional manner and confident in a customer facing role
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Minimum of 5 years of experience in an industrial environment.

Desirable skills:
Experience of working in a formal quality environment
Experience of working in the Oil & Gas sector
Experience of a supervisory and/or technical lead role on DCS and/or SCADA development projects.

Qualifications:
Educated to degree level in an engineering related discipline (preferably Control, Electrical and Electronic, or Chemical Engineering). Candidates with significant technical experience or demonstrable expertise in lieu of a degree will also be considered.