Electrical Control Engineer in Moodiesburn

At SARIA Food & Pharma, our activities are characterized by connected value chains, decades of shared market expertise and a unifying spirit of innovation to continuously develop our people and our products. Van Hessen, Devro and Bioiberica use animal raw materials to create their wide range of products, which are ubiquitous and universal, but anything but ordinary.

With a complementary portfolio of casings for the sausage industry that includes natural and collagen-based casings, Devro and Van Hessen are leading product experts in their industry. The global life science company Bioiberica produces active ingredients for humans, animals, and plants, from starting material it receives from Van Hessen.

We create the added layer of value with our products and services, improve the well-being of all by taking life science further and combine our attention to detail with the extraordinary, because it all matters.

About the Role

Reporting to the Global Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will design, develop and implement new electrical, control and automation systems for use in the Devro production process. Determine best practices across all sites, and lead efforts to align standards. You will have the ability to lead problem solving of new or existing electrical and control issues whilst providing technical support to all sites in the group, together with other engineering disciplines and main stakeholders

Responsibilities

• To design and implement systems and processes to improve product and process performance, safety and quality and be able to offer advice to others on Control Systems, Automation, equipment selection and specification.​​
• Develop and modify PLC, HMI, and SCADA programs to ensure that the effectiveness of new and installed automation is to the highest level. Modification of these programmes as required to include alternative control algorithms and tasks.​​
• Define, plan, and organise all aspects of a project including financial evaluation, control of budgets and timescales to meet the stated objectives of that project that will safely deliver defined quality goals.​​
• Be able to generate prototype designs and solutions, conduct testing, and justify the preferred design.​​
• Perform commissioning and testing of new plant or automation systems, assessing their suitability for their stated purpose, and monitoring the performance once the system is live.​
• Support improvements in Devro’s OT/Infosec systems globally. Liaise with others to establish best practice and support the transition across all sites. Have an understanding of and be able to utilise control communications protocols.​
• Link with all sites in the Group to develop and improve our electrical and control design standards and ensure adherence with agreed local and international system design and equipment protocols.​
• Ensure good communications between all sites to ensure a consistency of approach, foster mutual support between Control Engineers, and champion best practice between sites.

Experience

Skills: ​

An ability to troubleshoot and fault find in processes, whilst having an innovative approach to problem solving are essential

A working knowledge of improvement techniques and methodologies would be an advantage Knowledge of Automation, and OT InfoSec best practice

Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels, both internally and externally

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Knowledge: ​

An excellent knowledge of electrical control and design is essential

Knowledge of electrical design standards is required

Drafting of wiring diagrams and layouts using AutoCAD or similar would be an advantage

Experience: ​

Should be degree qualified in Electrical or Control Engineering with substantial industry experience

For more information on this exciting opportunity, please apply with an updated cv and our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch. ​