About SPIE
SPIE is a global leader in multi-technical services, enabling the energy transition and digital transformation across the world. SPIE Global Services Energy Australia specialises in instrumentation, electrical, control and safety systems engineering and is trusted to deliver complex brownfield projects. SPIE GSE is one of Perth’s largest system integrators, with over 100 engineers and technicians and 20+ years of delivering high quality projects locally.
Our culture is supportive and inclusive, investing in our employees to develop great engineers and technicians, based on our corporate values of Proximity, Performance and Responsibility.
Our Differentiators
- Competitive salary package
- Working from home arrangements
- Investment in professional development and training
- Rotations across different projects, customers and systems to expand knowledge
- Central Perth office location with free end of trip facilities (gym, showers, bike room, lockers)
- Employee share plan
About the Role:
SPIE is looking for a forward-thinking Senior Industrial and Control Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team on a full-time basis. Working closely with project engineers and clients, this role will deliver automation, control system and operational improvement projects from concept through to site implementation.
The role will include investigating and reviewing the logistics and utilisation of personnel, facilities, equipment and materials, current operational processes and established practices, to recommend improvement in the quality and efficiency of operations in a variety of commercial, industrial and production environments.
The role is office-based; however, site work may be required from time to time. The role will encompass a wide variety of work, with an initial focus on:
- Onshore and offshore gas production and processing facilities
- Supporting asset engineering teams
- System upgrades
Responsibilities:
- Gathering customer requirements and defining project scope,
- Developing and reviewing functional statements, organisational charts and project information to determine functions and responsibilities of workers and work units and to identify areas of duplication or opportunities for automating tasks,
- Establishing work measurement programs and analysing work samples to develop standards for labour utilisation, with a focus on human factors and HMI interactions,
- Analysing workforce utilisation, facility layout, operational data and production schedules and costs, to determine optimum worker and equipment efficiencies, with a focus on opportunities for automation and/or process improvements,
- Developing recommendations and improvement plans that optimise the utilisation of personnel, equipment, materials and operational processes through automation and digital technologies,
- Preparing engineering deliverables (reports, specifications, procedures, etc.)
- Checking engineering deliverables prepared by others,
- Working closely with clients, project engineers and other team members to ensure timely delivery,
- Planning and leading FAT activities with clients and vendors,
- Attending site to complete implementation, SAT and commissioning
About You:
You will possess a thorough understanding of the construction, operation, logistics and maintenance of process plants and installations, with a focus on ensuring efficient usage of resources through modern control and automation technologies.
You will have a working knowledge of control systems engineering, with Honeywell DCS experience required.
You will be a recognised technical specialist who enjoys solving complex problems and expanding your expertise.
This role will involve aspects of industrial engineering and control system engineering, from liaising with clients to gather requirements through to implementing projects on site.
Requirements:
- Right to work in Australia
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Industrial, Electrical, Mechatronic or related discipline)
- 10+ years' experience as an Industrial / Control Systems Engineer
- Experience with process improvement and production optimisation
- Safety-oriented
- Experience implementing operational improvements with Honeywell Experion PKS
- Site experience
- Able to deliver work on time, within scope and to a high standard of quality
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to attend remote sites for site surveys and installation/commissioning from time to time
- Self-motivated with good organisational skills and a flexible approach to work
Desirable:
- Lean / Six Sigma
- Client-side (operator) experience with the MOC lifecycle
- Oil & gas experience
- Experience with PLC-based control systems, such as Rockwell, Schneider, GE and Siemens
Please apply if you enjoy solving complex technical problems, working directly with clients and contributing to the successful delivery of brownfield projects.
Pay: $160,000.00 – $170,000.00 per year
Education:
- Bachelor Degree (Required)
Experience:
- Industrial controls: 5 years (Required)
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Perth WA 6000
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