Electrical & Controls Engineer

With our strong investment in research and development and our culture of continuous improvement, Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advance composite materials, including carbon fibre, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs and additive manufactured parts. We invite you to join the Hexcel team at various manufacturing sites, sales offices and R&T centres around the globe. Become a part of the “strength within.”

Hexcel is currently seeking an Electrical & Controls Engineer for our Duxford, UK location.

The selected individual will be responsible for but not limited to the following obligations:

Support the maintenance effort across site to improve plant performance and reliability.

Lead continuous improvement projects within the department.

Provide Electrical & Controls Engineering skill and knowledge to the Project Engineering team.

Support project, process and maintenance activities that will lead to improved safety and production efficiencies.

Lead continuous improvement projects from concept to successful implementation.

Liaise with relevant staff members to ensure successful implementation and sustainability of improvements.

Develop concepts into detailed control specifications on a broad range of manufacturing equipment.

Creating, maintaining electrical, instrumentation and controls documentation.

Supporting site breakdowns as required to return plant into production in a timely manner.

Requirement to join the technical support call-out rota. Remain available to support the site, to ensure safety and minimise downtime.

Qualifications:

Electrical and Controls Engineer with a Controls/Instrumentation

Recognised Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent.

Engineering experience in a manufacturing or process environment

Experience including design and specification of industrial chemical processes or similar.

Rockwell PLC knowledge required (Logix 5000 & 500, plus RS view)

Understanding of Safety PLC systems and SIL.

Drive knowledge e.g., Allen Bradley, Parker/SDS, ABB

Practical application of problem solving and fault finding i.e.,4-20mA loops, Eurotherm controllers, process critical equipment

Experience of industry standard risk assessment techniques such as HAZOP, FMEA. Trained in machine safety.

ATEX & commissioning experience would be advantageous. 2D CAD knowledge advantageous. (AutoCAD, EPlan etc.)

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country where the position is based. Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) is a global leader in advanced composites technology, a leading producer of carbon fibre, and the world leader in honeycomb manufacturing for the commercial aerospace industry.

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