Assistant to Engineering Project Manager (PM)

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and hard working individual who is perhaps looking to gain valuable – possibly their first experience – of working in project management.

The successful candidate will work closely with an experienced professional project manager in what will be a demanding support role.

The successful candidate must have experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and ideally some experience of or, show desire to learn report writing.

Experience of dealing with the public / customers would be helpful as would any experience of using or working with project management or customer relationship management tools. (If not experienced in this training will be provided)

The role will involve supporting our Engineering Project Manager with day-to-day activities such as:

• Maintaining what will become a new web-based project reporting system
• Help Organise meetings/diaries.
• Help create project documents including project plans, reports, minutes from internal – and eventually external meetings
• Keep records of support contract monthly breakdowns (e.g. help prepare project budgets & reconciliation of the same)
• Regularly communicate and liaise with all project staff and stakeholders, internal and external.

Essential skills / Characteristics

• Excellent work and Team ethic
• Enthusiastic with a strong desire to learn
• Shows initiative and keen to work independently
• Presentable with strong communication skills potential (including written English)
• Attention to detail
• Understanding and ability to work with spreadsheets

Training will be given in project management skills, and our new system for project and task management.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious person to also be involved from the outset in implementing a new web-based system that will become the core tool for our business for many years to come.

Assistant Pre-Engineering

The successful candidate will work closely with a senior engineer from our Pre-Engineering Team in a varied IT and Control Systems Engineering environment.

• Supporting the Pre – Engineering Manager, day to day activities will include;
• Help and input to the design and migration to our new project and contract management system

Working to a senior engineer, become familiar with our company’s wider ICT settings in terms of our Network, our applications (MS 365 Productivity suite) support across the business and general hardware / fault fixing of equipment. (Mainly Laptops and desktops)

The role would suit someone with a broader ICT interest who may also be interested in developing a rewarding career in Technical Pre-Engineering Sales / or, developing a longer term Engineering software or support career in Control Systems and Automation (PLC’s, HMI’s SCADA’s)

Additional Pre-Engineering day-to-day activities support to the Team

• Help the Team identify customer solutions and source prices / quotes for hardware and software
• Input / help with simple customer proposals, and contract variations,
• Maintain and perform daily Customer Relationship Management system updates
• Monitor customer and pipeline updates, conduct client follow-ups, process client orders.

Essential skills / Characteristics

•  Excellent work ethic
• Enthusiastic and motivated to learn
• Shows initiative and keen to work independently
• Focused and inquisitive
• Presentable with strong communication skills (including written English)
• Prepared to help at client sites (Occasional travel)
• Attention to detail
• Understanding and ability to work with spreadsheets

Additional helpful though, not essential knowledge and skills

• Basic understanding of Inputs, Outputs, and different signal levels, differences between analog and digital signals, understanding that different types of networking.
• Basic understanding of commonly used Automation Hardware

Systems Engineer (Full Time & Contract Short Term)

Elite Control Systems is one of Scotland’s leading providers of automation, control, and associated systems integration services. Our award-winning team, work across a broad range of UK and International manufacturing and process industries designing, building, and supporting control systems for some of the world’s best-known brands.

Our company is entering an exciting phase of growth and, we have an opening for an ambitious and hardworking individual.  This opportunity will appeal to an individual that wants to grow with our business, work in a positive learning environment, whilst learning new skills and gain a unique but practical experience from working for one of Scotland’s most established and leading Engineering System Integrators.

Role Description and Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Projects including,

• PLC programming of control systems and configuration of SCADA.
• Involvement throughout whole systems lifecycle, from design through coding to testing, installation and configuration, and documentation specifically production of FDS, Software Test Procedures and Site Acceptance Test Procedures.
• Working within a project team to customer deadlines.
• Installation and configuration/testing work at customer sites.
• Site based Testing & Commissioning of the above Systems.

The role is largely office based but it will require periods of working at customers sites, mainly in Scotland but also occasional overseas assignments.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Control Systems Engineer with experience in the design and implementation of PLC Control Systems for a variety of industry sectors (including for example, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverages and Energy).
  • Proven experience in mainstream PLC, SCADA and DCS Systems including; Rockwell Automation (ControlLogix PLC, Compact Logix PLC, RS Logix 5/500/5000, Studio 5000)
  • Rockwell Automation Factory Talk View configuration
  • Siemens (TIA Portal, Step 7, Winn CC)
  • Siemens PCS 7
  • Wonderware InTouch SCADA
  • Proficy iFix
  • Profibus / Profinet / Industrial Ethernet
• Production of Functional Design Specification
• Production of Schematic Diagrams
• Production of Software
• Build of Hardware

Secondary tasks including,

• Testing, commissioning and support
• Participating in Design Reviews

Personal Specification and Requirements:

• A desire to learn and grow with our business
• Excellent written skills for synopsis entries and Technical Documentation completion.
• Ability to contribute to and positively work in a team environment.
• A high degree of personal organisational skills and able to work to client deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Client focused, professional in representing our company with a commitment to client and service quality.

Supplementary Information;

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Overtime is paid for work completed beyond standard contracted hours.
• Flexible working arrangements by prior agreement.
• Pension and death in service package.
• Career development opportunities.
• First class and connected location between two major cities and an International airport
• Free onsite parking including electric car charge points.
• Cycle to work scheme on completion of probationary period.

At Elite you will enjoy a stimulating working environment with excellent opportunities for development and progression through our culture of enabling and supporting teams and individuals.

Location – Livingston Office

Compensation – Competitive Salary based on experience

Full time & Short Term Contract Opportunities available – please specify position being applied for.