Process Control and Automation Team Leader

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading Energy company in the UK to recruit a Process Control and Automation Team Leader to join its CCGT power station in North Lincolnshire.

The Process Control and Automation Team Leader role comes with a starting salary of up to £76,000 + benefits including bonus and medical insurance.

If you are a HNC, or ideally degree qualified Controls Engineer with significant experience working on DCS and PLCs, ideally Honeywell systems, please submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Process Control and Automation Team Leader role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager you will:

• Lead the site’s process control and automation systems, including DCS, PLC, SCADA and Safety Instrumented Systems, ensuring reliable and safe operation.
• Manage the maintenance, inspection, testing, fault-finding and lifecycle planning of control systems and associated instrumentation.
• Oversee alarm management, historian databases and vibration monitoring systems, ensuring system integrity, reliable data and effective fault diagnosis.
• Manage the operational technology (OT) network, including performance monitoring, configuration, backups, network security and cybersecurity compliance.
• Lead control-system improvements, including control-loop tuning, control logic development, testing and implementation to improve plant safety, reliability and efficiency.
• Provide technical support for system integration and connectivity, including auxiliary systems, fiscal metering, emissions monitoring and data analytics platforms.
• Lead OT cybersecurity activities, including patching, antivirus management, remote access controls, password management and backup and recovery arrangements.
• Support engineering projects throughout design, construction, commissioning and start-up, ensuring compliance with technical standards and site requirements.
• Manage maintenance and development budgets, specialist support contracts and work priorities, coordinating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and external suppliers.
• Provide technical leadership during breakdowns, call-outs, reliability studies, root-cause investigations and HAZOPs, while maintaining site standards, procedures and technical documentation.

Professional qualifications

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Strong knowledge of process control and automation systems, including DCS, PLC and SCADA platforms, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex control-system faults.
• Experience within heavy industry, power generation or the wider energy sector, ideally involving large-scale industrial control systems.
• Experience managing control-system maintenance, technical improvements, software and hardware upgrades, and project commissioning.
• Strong IT and technical skills, with the ability to manage OT networks, cybersecurity requirements, system documentation, budgets and specialist contractors.

Personal Skills

The Process Control and Automation Team Leader role would suit someone who is:

• Able to work independently, take initiative and remain effective when dealing with complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to share technical knowledge and build relationships across departments.
• Flexible and open to change, with a proactive approach to learning, continuous improvement and maintaining high standards of safety and environmental responsibility.

Salary and benefits of the Process Control and Automation Team Leader role

• Starting salary of £70,000 – £76,000
• Benefits package including up to 30% bonus and private medical insurance
• Opportunity to work for a leading energy company with external training opportunities.

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