Operational Technology Engineer

Plymouth
1 month ago
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As the Operational Technology Engineer you will report to the Operational Technology lead, you will manage the ongoing development and maintenance of the (OT) systems at the Plymouth manufacturing site.

Main responsibilities will include:

  • Conduct OT asset inventory discovery, management, and asset risk assessments.

  • Support network architecture changes in line with OT security programme policy changes.

  • Drive plant initiatives and project specification, risk assessments and policy adherence activities.

  • Implement protocols to ensure accurate OT device recognition and management ensuring to follow OT policy and guidelines.

  • Lead Cyber-risk awareness and security policy training, to enabling the business to maximise system usage benefits while integrating cybersecurity measures to protect data integrity and security.

  • Complete third-party vendor risk assessments, critical patch implementation, application whitelist testing and implementation. Diagnosing root causes of system failures and define and undertake appropriate corrective actions.

  • Co-ordinating OT process/system change management and organise testing or approval of changes. Implementing all change requests using the approved methodology, ensuring the appropriate level of authorisation and documentation.

  • Engage in ongoing educational and self-development activities as required by the role.

  • Provide business and regulatory data reports and relevant information to meet customer needs utilising available Business Intelligence technologies.

  • Work with other business teams to ensure correct usage of the systems.

    About you:

  • First class or upper second-class honours degree from a recognised university specialising in engineering disciplines or relevant experience with HND / HNC.

  • Several years’ experience in a related environment, ideally medical device manufacture or pharmaceutical.

  • Experience and working knowledge of change control processes within a regulated medical device manufacturing environment.

  • Demonstrated experience with networking, software, and control systems in a related environment.

  • Broad demonstrable experience of Enterprise IT systems, networking protocols and hardware with a keen interest in the OT environment and the interface between the IT and Control Systems Engineering disciplines.

  • Demonstrated achievement with software and control systems in a related environment.

  • Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, network schematics (physical and logical) and floor plans.

  • Ability to process, combine, and analyse large disperse datasets to produce meaningful insights.

  • An understanding of with Allen Bradley, Siemens and Omron PLC systems would be advantageous, but not essential

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