Controls​/Automation Design Engineer

NES Fircroft are currently recruiting for a Controls/Automation Design Engineer for our client, who are a global, industry leader in power technology, manufacturing industrial and heavy-duty gas turbines from their facility in Lincoln.

Location:

Lincoln, UK

Contract Type:
Contract

Duration: initial 12-month contract

The Controls/Automation Design Engineer will be responsible for the development, standardisation and maintenance of control system and automation design documentation across a range of industrial power generation applications.

The successful candidate will create and maintain AutoCAD libraries, templates and standard designs, while supporting the continuous improvement of control panel and automation documentation. This role requires strong AutoCAD experience and would suit an engineer with exposure to industrial control systems, PLC platforms and control panel design.

Working closely with Controls Engineers, Project Engineers and Manufacturing teams, you will play a key role in ensuring consistency, quality and efficiency across engineering design deliverables.

• Develop and maintain AutoCAD libraries, templates and drawing standards.
• Create and manage a comprehensive AutoCAD symbol library for automation and control system applications.
• Support the design and standardisation of industrial control and automation systems.
• Produce and maintain control panel layouts, engineering drawings and associated documentation.
• Review, update and improve existing standard control panel designs.
• Convert legacy drawings and engineering documentation into current AutoCAD standards.
• Ensure all design deliverables comply with internal engineering and quality standards.
• Work collaboratively with Controls, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Support continuous improvement activities relating to engineering documentation and design standardisation.
• Provide technical support relating to control system drawing standards and documentation practices.

Develop a comprehensive AutoCAD symbol library covering:

• Allen Bradley Control Logix
• Siemens PCS7
• Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal

• PLC hardware
• Remote I/O systems
• Communication equipment
• Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
• Instrumentation interfaces
• Network devices and communication module.

• Fire & Gas systems
• Vibration monitoring systems
• Protection and safety-related equipment

• Terminal blocks
• Circuit breakers
• Relays
• Power supplies
• Ancillary control panel components
• Standard electrical and control hardware

Update and standardise control panel designs including:

• Allen Bradley Control Logix systems
• Siemens PCS7 systems
• Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal systems

Additional responsibilities include:

• Creating standard engineering templates for future projects.
• Improving consistency and quality across control system documentation.
• Establishing reusable design standards to support engineering efficiency.

• Convert existing standard junction box designs into AutoCAD.
• Migrate historical and legacy documentation into current engineering standards.
  
  Ensure converted designs are fully documented, controlled and suitable for future project use.
• Support the creation of a centralised library of standard engineering documentation.

• Proven experience using AutoCAD within an engineering, industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience producing detailed engineering drawings and technical documentation.
• Understanding of industrial control systems and automation architectures.
• Experience working with electrical schematics, panel…