Senior Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer

Location: Darwin, NT
Work Type: Contract Full-Time

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to provide lifecycle management and technical support for control systems, instrumentation, and data assets within a complex operational environment.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, maintenance, security and ongoing improvement of operational technology and control systems while supporting a range of upgrade and asset management initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliability and availability of control system assets used in the control and monitoring of operational assets and systems.
• Provide expert technical advice and operational support for SCADA, DCS, PLC, Safety Systems and associated control systems, including their update, maintenance and effective operation.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations on plant and equipment failures and produce reports within required timeframes.
• Review and manage critical spares to maximise reliability and availability.
• Provide specialist technical advice relating to control systems applications, configuration, patches, updates and system management.
• Develop, implement and maintain controls that mitigate cyber security risks across Operational Technology (OT) networks.
• Provide OT cybersecurity subject matter expertise and support to technology and cybersecurity stakeholders.
• Make informed decisions relating to Operational Technology systems and provide technical advice to stakeholders.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, configure, design, program and document DCS, PLC, SCADA and Historian systems.
• Develop, review and implement system management procedures and standards, including privacy, confidentiality and data security requirements.
• Develop and maintain asset management plans for control, instrumentation and SCADA assets.
• Undertake and manage projects ranging from small-scale upgrades through to multi-million-dollar programs.
• Carry out duties in accordance with organisational safety, environmental and quality requirements.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Strong experience supporting and maintaining SCADA, DCS, PLC, Safety Systems and Historian platforms.
• Experience in troubleshooting, configuration, design, programming and system management of industrial control systems.
• Experience leading Root Cause Analysis investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of Operational Technology cybersecurity principles and risk mitigation controls.
• Experience developing asset management plans for control systems and instrumentation assets.
• Experience managing upgrade projects and system improvement initiatives.
• Strong technical problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to provide expert technical advice and make decisions relating to Operational Technology environments.

If you are an experienced Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer with expertise in industrial control systems, asset management and Operational Technology, we would like to hear from you.