Senior Controls Engineer

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s and Sidul.

POSITION SCOPE

The successful candidate will have responsibility for replacing, upgrading and maintaining the Company’s control systems, as well as designing and implementing control systems for new capital projects.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Replace/upgrade and maintain control and instrumentation, hardware and software whilst ensuring refinery operations perform as required.
• Communicate with all levels of refinery personnel to ensure understanding of changes to the legacy control systems.
• Provide specialist instrumentation knowledge to the refinery for new capital projects.
• Experience of European machine safety standards and hazardous area installations.
• Supervise contractors and project engineering resources during installation and commissioning.
• Provide operational support of existing control systems and control infrastructure to minimise production downtime.
• Evaluate changes/upgrades to process control systems and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the definition of standards for the development and maintenance of process control systems within the refinery.
• Focus on Continuous Improvement and Quality Improvement as required.
• Provide mentorship to team members.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

LOCATION OF ROLE

Thames based, with travel to other Group locations in Europe as required.

ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES

• Excellent understanding of control system and networking hardware, particularly Allen Bradley along with a range of process control tools and techniques, but preferably, Siemens, Allen Bradley, Wonderware ArchestrA.
• Good experience working within processing operations.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum HNC, Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PPT, Excel, Word).
• Ability to speak with a high level of professionalism and presence to individuals or groups at all levels within the organization.
• Ability to anticipate problems before they occur to eliminate or mitigate issues.
• Good written skills and ability to provide documentation.

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company. Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer service. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low-cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - Create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.