OT Engineer

OT Engineer Opportunity – £45,000 – £60,000 DOE – North Scotland / Hybrid 

The Bridge IT have partnered with an Energy company to recruit an Operational Technology Engineer to join their team in North Scotland.

This role involves supporting critical OT systems, including AVEVA PI, with a strong focus on improving system reliability and cybersecurity. Working as part of the Technology Operations team, you will be responsible for providing support to the Control Centre for all OT applications by responding to requests and faults, helping improve proactive monitoring, eradicating repetitive incidents, and reducing failures within the OT systems. This in-turn will improve the reliability within the Transmission assets, reducing costs and raising the efficiency of the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Investigating and resolving OT system faults.
• Enhancing proactive monitoring and incident management.
• Participating in cybersecurity initiatives and response activities.
• Collaborating with the Transmission Control Centre to drive improvements.

Desired Experience: 

• Experience of working with OT systems, including analysis into failure trends and fault finding.
• Awareness of trends within cyber security and knowledge of communication architectures used to support OT systems.
• Knowledge of AVEVA PI and SCADA (training and support can be provided).
• Excellent relationship building and communication skills to meet and exceed the needs of customers and suppliers.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a small team.
• It is an essential requirement that you have a full, current driving licence.
• SC Clearance or ability to gain SC Clearance (Must have been a resident in the UK for the past 5 years).

This is a great opportunity to help shape the implementation and monitoring of many new cyber security systems within a rapidly growing organisation. If this role sounds of interest please apply within to hear more!