Control System Engineer

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Job Description

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Control System Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based in Piossasco (TO), Italy.

Mission

Assure the design and commissioning of the assigned portion of Security and Control systems technologies in order to comply with contractual requirements in terms of time, quality and cost either for the Tender and Backlog Projects.

Accountabilities

• Design, develop and commissioning of the SCADA Systems (are electromechanical automatic system) in order to comply with the requirements in terms of time, quality and cost either for an assigned Tender and Backlog Project.
• Budgetting the effort requested (man-hours) for carrying out own activities in a project
• Analysis of specifications and contracts to collect and detail requirements to be passed to SCADA developper
• Leading the design of SCADA system through identification of documentation needed per International Standards
• Identification and involvement of representatives from other departments of the Company, as needed to accomplish assigned technical tasks
• monitoring of compliance with requirements/standards/norms throughout the project life-cycle
• assessment of document technical quality, consistency and completeness
• definition of interface data to be passed to external parties and set-up of correct relationships to accomplish technical interface tasks
• submission and presentation of design contents, as well as activity progress in general, to other parties
• Ensure that the test commissioning activity and documents (forms, reports, etc.) are prepared and delivered in the proper format and with expected level of content and quality
• Participate in all factory, site, interface, integrated (or other kind of) tests which directly or indirectly involve SCADA System
• Perform a first level of troubleshooting on the assigned systems in case of technical issues
• Ensure that the Health & Safety regulations are applied

Required Skills & Experience

• Good attitude to relationship with other people, also from abroad
• Capacity of working in international, dynamic and multi-site environment while possibly addressing concurrent tasks
• Willingness to travel all for periods of medium duration
• Ability to prepare technical specifications and technical papers in general
• Ability to develop a SCADA System to cover the project requirements
• Fluent English language (speaking and writing)
• Good knowledge of Windows Office and basic knowledge of Autocad
• Familiarity with rules and standards of Design and Commissioning Process and Site activities in general
• Basic knowledge of RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) process and concepts
• Basic knowledge of electrical and relay circuits, mechanics and thermal phenomena, power distribution systems, grounding of metal structures, electronics, microcontroller programming, software coding, control of electrical motors, position and speed sensors, actuators, cabling techniques and cable specifications, communication protocols such as CAN bus, Ethernet, TCP/IP, Modbus…
• Comprehension of civil and electrical drawings
• On site working (Health safety and environment).

Desired Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of railway operations principles
• Knowledge of the typical overall architecture of a Transportation System
• Knowledge of intrinsic and interface technical aspects of SCADA System
• Knowledge of main standards/norms inherent to SCADA System
• Familiarity with SCADA System market solutions and providers
• Knowledge of main standards relevant to SCADA system
• Proficience in ladder logics PLC programming,
• Basic Knowledge and understanding of Intrusion and Access Control System, perimeter intrusion detection System, integration with Fire Detection System, integration with CCTV, user access permission configuration, biometric identification

Education & Experience

As minimum Master degree , in descending order, Automation, Electronic, Electrical Engineering or Computer/Information Science.

Languages

Fluent in English.

Italian proficiency.

Alla posizione si applica il vigente CCNL per l’industria metalmeccanica privata e l’installazione di impianti, con inquadramento nel livello B1, ai sensi della relativa disciplina di classificazione del personale. Retribuzione annua lorda compresa tra: 33.000€ - 38.000€.

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