Controls Engineer

Derby
8 months ago
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A well established industrial controls specialist integrator is looking to expand and recruit an experienced Industrial Controls Engineer who can programme bespoke solutions from a blank piece of paper. There is a genuine opportunity to join the senior management team of a growing business from our base in Nottingham. Earn great money with excellent prospects!

SALARY: Up to £75,000

BENEFITS:
· Company Bonus Scheme
· 23 Days Holiday (+ Bank Holidays) rising with service
· Flexible / Hybrid working once up to speed
· Access to full company benefits scheme including pension, life assurance etc.

LOCATION: Nottingham

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Derby, Loughborough, Newark, Worksop, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Melton Mowbray, Burton on Trent, Matlock, Leicester

JOB DESCRIPTION: Controls Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electronic Design Engineer - Systems Integrator, PLC, SCADA Systems, Process Engineering

The goal of this Controls Engineer role is to provide our industrial manufacturing / process clients with a complete controls design solution – cradle to grave responsibility (from a controls perspective) - for projects from the initial consultation with the client through to design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the machinery and systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Controls Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electronic Design Engineer - Systems Integrator, PLC, SCADA Systems, Process Engineering

The core of this Controls Engineer role will be working with our client on completion of design projects for PLC, SCADA controls, industrial weighing, materials handling, process control, level monitoring, weighing and bag filling systems.

In addition, as our Controls Engineer, you will become involved in:
· Designing, writing PLC / SCADA code and scripts from scratch (blank sheet of paper) to meet a clients' requirements
· Supporting initial sales with controls / electronic design consultation
· Support the manufacturing process from a controls perspective
· Work with the installation and commissioning teams during the set-up process

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Controls Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electronic Design Engineer - Systems Integrator, PLC, SCADA Systems, Process Engineering

We are open on sector background ... your experience could be from any industry.

That said, you MUST have a proven track record as an Industrial Controls Engineer, Systems Integration Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer or Electronic Design Engineer, working in an industrial environment.

If your background is Oil & Gas, Mining, Construction, Cement, Materials Handling, Warehousing, Automation, Robotics, Food, Pharmaceutical, Medical processing and production, or Packaging machinery etc. we're keen to find out more from you.

Any experience of complex systems and or process machinery would be an obvious bonus.

THE COMPANY:

We're a highly respected specialist integrator of PLC / SCADA systems- providing process equipment and machinery to blue chip UK customers. We are a system integrator for Rockwell Automation - supplying Allen Bradley PLC & SCADA systems.

We're a medium sized business, and everyone is 'hands to the pump' as necessary. Everything you do will matter. You'll have autonomy, respect, and the chance to make a difference on every project.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Industrial Control Systems, Systems Engineer, Controls Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Electrical Design Manager, Systems Integrator - PLC / SCADA systems, Rockwell, Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: SP18068, Wallace Hind Selection

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