Job Title
Division (Weir ESCO, Weir Minerals, etc)
Location
Onsite/Hybrid/Remote/Shift
As a Lead Engineer - Electrical and Instrumentation, you are the technical authority on electrical design and instrumentation within the organization. You translate customer requirements into standardized, scalable solutions and ensure high-quality implementation across the full project cycle—from quote and sales support to engineering, commissioning and service.
You play a key role in driving technical excellence, supporting project execution, and enabling knowledge sharing across Technology Group, Engineering, Sales, and Service teams.
- Position in the Organization
- Reports to: Manager Project Engineering
- Location: Venlo, Netherlands
- Key interfaces: Sales, Project Engineering, Service & Commissioning, Technology/Innovation teams
1. Technical Authority & Solution Design
- Interpret and challenge customer technical specifications related to electrical, control, and instrumentation systems.
- Define optimal electrical and automation concepts aligned with company standards and modular design principles.
- Ensure compliance with international standards and local regulations (IEC, UL, CSA, machinery safety, etc.).
- Lead technical discussions with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
2. Sales & Proposal Support
- Support Sales during pre-engineering and quotation phases.
- Review and advise on technical concepts, system architectures, and provides comprehensive cost estimates.
- Define scope boundaries, assumptions, deviations, and technical clarifications.
- Balance customer-specific requirements with standardization strategy.
3. Product Configuration & Standardization
- Own and continuously improve the product configurator (e.g., KBMax).
- Translate engineering standards into configurable modules and options.
- Maintain cost models, engineering effort estimates, and option structures.
- Drive standardization, modularization, and reuse of electrical/instrumentation/control system designs.
4. Engineering & Lifecycle Support
- Support project execution teams with expert guidance on complex electrical, control, and instrumentation topics.
- Specify and review key electrical and control system components such as CPU, IO-modules, communication-modules, etc.
- Supports seamless integration between the machine control system and customer control system.
- Review and validate engineering deliverables (hardware design, control architecture, instrumentation concepts).
- Provide technical input during commissioning and troubleshooting phases.
- Ensure lessons learned are captured and fed back into standards and tools.
5. Technical Support & Problem Solving
- Act as escalation point for complex hardware and software issues beyond first-line support.
- Troubleshoot and resolve control system and instrumentation issues in collaboration with service teams.
- Modify and update PLC software using Siemens and Allen-Bradley platforms.
- Support commissioning and field service activities when required.
6. Training & Knowledge Management
- Develop and maintain training material for control systems and instrumentation.
- Deliver training sessions to internal teams.
- Act as a technical mentor and knowledge hub within the engineering team.
- Ensure documentation and knowledge sharing are structured and accessible.
- Qualifications & Experience
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, or related field
- Minimum 5-10 years’ experience in the field of electrical engineering.
Experience & Technical Skills
- Experience in PLC programming (Siemens and Allen-Bradley)
- Knowledge of electrical hardware design (e.g., Eplan)
- Experience with instrumentation and process control systems
- In-depth understanding of control systems, industrial automation, and machine safety
- Proven experience with international standards and regulatory compliance
- Experience with configurator tools (e.g., KBMax) is a plus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to act as technical lead and decision-maker
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical solutions
- Structured, detail-oriented approach
- Proactive and hands-on mindset
- Fluent in Dutch and English (spoken and written)
- Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites
