Control System Engineer Job Pretoria area,South Africa,Engineering

Our client a well-established international engineering integration and manufacturing company. has an opportunity for an experienced Control System Engineer with at least 3 - 5+ years relevant industrial automation experience to join their engineering team based in Pretoria.

The main purpose of this role is to be responsible for the design, development, and testing of any given control system according to client specific requirements.

Requirements:

Degree, Technical Diploma or NQF Equivalent in Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic Engineering.
5+ years of relevant industrial automation experience.
Practical experience in Control System Design, Development, FAT Testing and Commissioning.
An intermediate to advanced understanding of PLC programming and the methodology thereof with practical experience in at least two of the following industry automation platforms:
Siemens, Schneider, Allan Bradley, Omron, Beckhoff, Mitsubishi.
An intermediate to advanced understanding of SCADA development and the methodology thereof with practical experience in at least two of the following industry supervisory platforms:
Wonderware, Siemens, Schneider, Allan Bradley, Adroit.
An intermediate to advanced understanding of relational databases and report generation and the methodology thereof with practical experience in Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Reporting Services.
Experience in Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Building Management Systems (BES) and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) will be advantageous.
Exposure to the FMCG, Food and Beverage and Milling industries will be advantageous.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

To design a cost-effective solution for projects in order to meet the customer needs.
To prepare a functional and detailed design of the approved solution for the client to ensure the effective development thereof.
To design system architecture for software implementations.
To design industrial communication networks for software implementations (ethernet, fibre, Profinet, etc.)
To design, develop, test, and implement PLC programs according to client specifications and ensure the optimal functioning thereof.
To design, develop, test, and implement SCADA and/or HMI applications according to client specifications and ensure the optimal functioning thereof.
To develop simulation applications for testing and training purposes.
Test the solution to ensure that the designed solution is totally functional.
To provide post project system support as and when required.
To provide support to clients for Callouts and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
To provide training and assistance to the client, to ensure that the client is able to use the system within the design constraints

In return, a lucrative, competitive salary package is on offer.