Controls Planner Oxford Temp for 1 year £26.28 per hour (Umbrella company basis)

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The control planner is responsible for the control systems engineering, planning, installation, commissioning, acceptance, support and optimization for facilities and conveyors. Also the system architecture and interfaces with the relevant IT systems, this should include feasibility analysis. Performance calculation, value of the benefits, cost and investment analysis, budget planning, steering of the project stakeholders, working together with suppliers, internal and external partners and other relevant interfaces.
Answerable within the area of responsibility for optimizing the costs, quality, ergonomics, technical innovation and environment, appraisal and acceptance of construction drawings.
Informing and supporting the maintenance and process planning.
Working within the project framework. Creating common templates.
Maintain conformity with technical regulations and harmonized standards, e.g. Machinery Directives, safety performance etc.
Preparing the tender description (RFQ), requirements specification, tender analysis, cost analysis, review with suppliers quotation analysis. Confirmation of calculation adjustments, change requests, checking offers and make confirmation of services rendered with purchasing department.
The SST ensures the implementation of the existing standards in robots, drives, components and software. The SST is subordinated to the responsible person for the realization and reports to him.

Activities:
- Creating detailed concept for control technology incl. control technology for process facilities.
- Invitation to tender for electronic and control incl. process planning.
- Common creation of tender corporately with the facility technicians and process planners. Responsible for the content of general electrical implementation and control engineered process.
- Description of controls configuration.
- Agreement of the quantities (i.e. number of drives, HMI's, controls, functional groups etc.)
- Determining the electrical components on the basis of best practice contracts and the design guidelines of assembly.
- Determining the system-side interfaces to neighbouring systems.
- Determining the IT-interfaces to higher-level shopfloor systems and to neighbouring assembly sections.
- Determining the electrical supply and the technical data integration into the production network.
- Determination of the safety devices in cooperation with suppliers.
- Delivery of standard documents to the suppliers (sample-Eplan, RPA-Software…)
- Working together with the suppliers during the project planning and design phase.
- Preparation of the plant shut-down phase (PU planning) together with the facility technician and/ or process planner.
- Working together with the suppliers during facility set-up incl. pre-acceptance at the supplier.
- Organizing trainings for operators and maintenance.
- Supporting the startup after PU (shutdown).
- Ensuring functionality by means of specific stress tests during commissioning.
- Removal of errors and LOP points together with the facility technician or process planners.

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