Senior Controls Engineer

Social network you want to login/join with: 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 in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada, and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brands include Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s, and Sidul. POSITION SCOPE The successful candidate will be responsible for replacing, upgrading, and maintaining the company’s control systems, as well as designing and implementing control systems for new capital projects. Shift: Mon-Fri Days DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Replace, upgrade, and maintain control and instrumentation hardware and software, ensuring refinery operations perform as required. Communicate with all levels of refinery personnel to ensure understanding of changes to legacy control systems. Provide specialist instrumentation knowledge for new capital projects. Ensure compliance with European machine safety standards and hazardous area installations. Supervise contractors and project engineering resources during installation and commissioning. Support existing control systems to minimize production downtime. Evaluate and recommend improvements to process control systems. Contribute to the development and maintenance standards for process control systems. Focus on continuous and quality improvement. Mentor team members. LOCATION OF ROLE Thames-based ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES Strong understanding of control system and networking hardware, especially Allen Bradley, Siemens, Wonderware ArchestrA, and process control tools. 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. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PPT, Excel, Word). Professional communication skills at all organizational levels. Ability to anticipate and mitigate problems proactively. Good documentation skills. At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener company. Service Excellence: Be the industry\’s gold standard through reliability, superior quality, and excellent customer service. Efficiency and Sustainability: Eliminate inefficiencies to be a sustainable, low-cost producer and generate reinvestment fuel. Value-Add: Create strategic advantages and profitability through value-added products and services. Our foundation is talent and culture, as we aim to build, retain, and motivate a winning team. #J-18808-Ljbffr