Lead Controls Engineer

Lead Controls Engineer Allen Bradley / Siemens Southampton £45000 to £55000 Immediate start Available Role Profile: As a Lead Engineer, you will be required to motivate and supervise the project engineering team, taking full responsibility for successful technical delivery of a complete project solution to the agreed scope in accordance with company procedures whilst meeting budgetary and time-scale targets. You must be a committed and enthusiastic team member, who is pro-active and able to allocate tasks among team members, supervise, assist and monitor task progress to advise the project manager on progress, risks and issues. You should work co-operatively with the Engineering team to ensure smooth project progress in accordance with the agreed project lifecycle. Key Activities: Overall technical and engineering team leadership Working closely with and supporting the Project Manager in all aspects of project technical delivery and scope management Lead the technical and quality requirements on projects Ensure project adherence to company quality processes and procedures Detailed task and procurement list development and leadership Allocate tasks to the engineering team and monitor progress Identification of project opportunities and variations Support the Project Manager in identifying and managing risks and issues Support the Project Manager in the project delivery strategy development and planning Identification and enabling of reusable modules by standardisation and modularization of systems where appropriate Prototyping of new technologies Working closing with customers and stakeholders through project delivery Training planning and support Mentoring of Engineers Sales support Support the Automation sales team and support department business development Provide Health and Safety leadership by example Key Functions: Central involvement in sales to projects hand-over process Central involvement in 1st Engineering review Assist PM in development of QA plan Assist PM in development of project Gantt chart Assist PM in development of initial task & procurement list Ongoing development & updating of detailed task & procurement lists Ongoing development & updating of detailed task & procurement lists Peer review documents created by the project team or other teams Attend contract meetings with the project manager Act as the main contact/client interface for the project and deputise for the PM where required Undertake or manage site surveys as required Lead outline design, upfront design studies and requirement definition for clients Develop FDS – with the project team as necessary Develop DDS – with the project team as necessary Develop Test Specification & design testing methodology with the team Develop or manage development of project modules. (Modules as identified in the design – PLC code modules, SCADA scripts, Mimics, comms drivers, etc.) Undertake & record ongoing Engineering Reviews throughout the project Develop site work documentation with team input as necessary (Risk assessment, method statement, site test documentation) Develop O & M documentation – with input from project team as necessary Lead or manage full integrated system testing, CFAT, SAT and installation Undertake or manage observations, variation and reworks Undertake or manage packing and shipping of the system Undertake or manage site installation Undertake or manage site retesting Provide warranty support as necessary