Configuration and Testing Engineer

Role: Configuration and Testing Engineer

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Start Date: September 2025

Duration: 4 months initial

Rate: £400 - £500 P/day

OUTSIDE IR35

Areas of Responsibility:

As the Control Engineer, you will:

• Technically lead industry control solutions and support development of new colleagues.
• Production / checking of functional design specifications
• Develop and design control systems solutions.
• Responsible for overseeing and delivering customer factory and site testing activities.
• Ensure compliance with customer technical specifications on allocated projects.
• Providing technical input for the pre-sale's activities.
• Responsible for technical issues/support on allocated projects
• Attend internal and external design reviews providing technical input.

What skills and experience you will bring to the role:

• Important: The candidate will be required to obtain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Candidates with five years residency will be preferred.
• experience within control / automation background.
• A minimum qualification of HNC/HND (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering and/or experience in the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Industry.
• Siemens RTU configuration and testing using SICAM Toolbox II and SICAM Device Manager.
• HMI configuration and testing, preferably with experience in Zenon EE V10.0 or SAT 250 SCALA.
• Proficiency with protocol simulators for I/O testing.
• Configuration of managed Ethernet switches, such as Ruggedcom.

Desired Experience

• Minimum five years' experience in a similar role involving developing medium to large scale SCADA systems, control systems, automation systems and communication infrastructure.
• Good understanding of the Circuit Diagrams / Wiring Diagrams and General Arrangement drawings on control and protection systems.
• Desire to technically lead on allocated projects and develop engineers for the expanding team.

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