Control Systems Engineer

Control System Engineer - FIFO Opportunity

Join a Global Mining Leader!

Are you an experienced Control System Engineer looking for an exciting FIFO role? This is your chance to work with a world-leading company in gold, copper, silver, lead, and zinc production.

You will have extensive experience with the Rockwell Automation platform within the mining industry, and experience with Yokogawa Centum VP and administration of OSIsoft PI Historian.

You will have frequent engagement with stakeholders from operators up to senior management. As such, proven soft skills will be required to be successful in this role.

• Location: FIFO from Perth
• Roster: 8 days on, 6 days off, 12-hour day-shift roster
• 6 month contracting opportunity

Key Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of process control systems.
• Manage additions, removals, and changes to process control systems.
• Provide frontline control engineering support to maintenance, production, and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to align automation systems with site requirements.
• Support Reliability Engineering, Maintenance, and Asset Management Best Practices.
• Identify and execute minor improvement projects.

Technical Duties:

• Assist in Root Cause Analysis, process improvement, and post-incident investigations.
• Ensure compliance with change management procedures, keeping logs and registers updated and audited.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance, checks, audits, and patches to maintain hardware and software integrity.
• Provide cost-effective engineering solutions compliant with site and Australian Standards.
• Offer technical support, guidance, and coaching on process control systems.
• Conduct performance evaluations to identify and enhance system performance.
• Safeguard the safety, security, and integrity of process control systems from physical and cyber threats.

About You:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in mining or heavy industrial environments.
• Qualifications:
  • Electrical/Instrument trade certificate with 4 years of automation-specific experience, or
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Process Engineering/Mechatronics.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Yokogawa Centum DCS
  • Rockwell PLCs
  • Industrial Communications Networks
  • OSISoft PI Plant Historian

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and join a team that values innovation and excellence!