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Job Title: Process Control and Automation Engineer

Location: Port Talbot, SA13

Department: Various across site

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience + Benefits

Do you want to work in an evolving environment, a place where the work you do every day supports the growth of the UK economy, a place that puts 100,000 meals on tables each day?

Is your attitude one that you want to improve as a team, to be a part of something special?

If so, then we’d like to hear from you.

At Tata Steel UK, we are on a journey. A journey creating exciting products that support our customers’ growth in an area that’s receiving millions of pounds of investment whilst bringing new technology to the forefront.

This journey is underpinned on our 3 Non-Negotiable principles of People’s health and safety, the quality, cost effectiveness and tonnage of what we produce and our collaborative team working standards.

We are looking for future leaders of Tata Steel - people who are passionate about supporting the local community, who drive positive change in the workplace and who thrive as part of a winning team.

The Role

The Process Control and Automation Engineer will be responsible for a number of process safety and project engineering activities within the coke making department. You’ll be a key member within a multi-skilled team demonstrating a technical leadership and will champion engineering best practice across the team on a regular basis. You’ll drive continuous improvement across process safety and compliance, ensuring the best possible performance from the equipment and processes within the department.

The Process Control and Automation Engineer will be accountable for;

• Working within the improvement team for the department to develop and implement a co-ordinated strategy for the improvement or process control and automation of hazardous processes.
• Support and contribute in hazard identification and risk management activities as the Specialist or Senior Engineer for the area.
• Reviewing and updating of engineering documentation and drawings associated with process control and automation safety critical equipment, including supporting and leading management of change.
• Implementing the safety management system for Functional Safety to ensure full compliance with appropriate health, safety and environmental standards or relevant good practice guidance.
• Providing specialist knowledge for compliance topics and lead improvement plans to keep the area within the latest legislative requirements.
• Auditing and supporting the management of process control and automation critical equipment.
• Providing technical expertise for the process control and automation subject to the department, including training & mentoring of existing and new staff.
• Leading the development of new technologies within the department.

We can offer you fantastic opportunities to develop your abilities, all whilst working within a unique manufacturing environment. Tata Steel have committed to a key investments in their South Wales operations over the next 5 years. We are building for the future and investing heavily in the running of our operations. You’ll also be offered support in developing your professional qualifications through an established, internal development centre.

The Candidate

As a Process Control and Automation Engineer, you’ll hold solid experience in fast paced heavy industrial manufacturing activities. You’ll use this experience to provide the specialist services required for the department on Process Control and Automation. You will be qualified to a minimum HNC and ideally HND/Degree level.

You’ll hold a demonstrable background of continuous improvement processes, preventative maintenance techniques, planning and implementing maintenance stops, reacting to faults & breakdowns and dealing with contractors.

As the Process Control and Automation Engineer you will hold a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills with an ambition to progress your career to the next level. Ideally you will hold Chartership with a recognised institution and have expert level knowledge on process control and functional safety within hazardous industries.

We require applicants to have the ability to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and be computer literate. The ability to work without close supervision, yet under pressure and to tight timescales is essential.

The Benefits

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary

• 35 days holidays per annum

• Annual Pay Review

• Quarterly Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance

• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)

• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

The Business

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here https://youtu.be/qs-0RpEdP1M

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: https://youtu.be/Nsh00zEmH7k

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

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