Software & Controls Engineer

Due to a strong project pipeline, they are looking for a Software & Controls Engineer to join their growing engineering team.

This is an opportunity for an engineer who wants more than purely desk-based PLC programming. You’ll take ownership of projects from controls design and software development through to machine testing, commissioning and final customer acceptance.

The Role Working as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team, you’ll be responsible for:

PLC and HMI programming

• Electrical control system and schematic design
• Developing, testing and debugging machine software
• Drives and servo integration
• Supporting robotics and vision-system integration
• Machine safety and control systems
• FAT and SAT activities
• Commissioning machinery at partner and customer sites
• Supporting projects from initial design through to customer acceptance

Strong Siemens PLC programming experience is the key requirement.

You’ll ideally also have experience with some of the following:

• TIA Portal
• Allen-Bradley / Rockwell
• HMI development
• Electrical schematics
• Drives and servo systems
• Industrial machinery or automation
• Machine commissioning
• Industrial robotics
• MES / OPC / industrial networking
• Machinery safety systems

• Base salary up to £50,000
• Travel allowance
• Car allowance
• Package up to approximately £60,000
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Pension
• Healthcare support
• Expenses-paid UK and international business travel
• Additional payments for qualifying time working away
• Formal technical training and development
• Exposure to PLCs, robotics and advanced automation
• Opportunity to work on complex machinery from initial design through to commissioning

If you’re a Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer or PLC Engineer with strong Siemens experience and want a role where you can design, program, commission and see your machines operating in the real world, we’d like to hear from you.

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