Control Systems Engineer

Paragon Talent Solutions; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package $100K – $130K + Super depending on experience

Opportunity to work on major automation and infrastructure projects

Exposure to multiple industries and automation technologies

Long-term career growth as Melbourne engineering teams expand

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment company is seeking Control Systems Engineers to deliver automation solutions across diverse industries in Melbourne. The ideal candidate will have experience in industrial automation projects, a degree in a related field, and strong competence in PLC and SCADA technologies. This permanent role offers a salary package of $100K – $130K plus superannuation, with opportunities for long-term career growth as engineering teams expand. Candidates must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering industrial automation and control systems projects.
• Knowledge of control systems project lifecycle, including design, configuration, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Functional design of control systems across a range of projects.
• Developing and supporting PLC, SCADA, and HMI systems.
• Configuration, testing, and commissioning of control systems in the field.

Skills

Strong competence with SCADA and PLC technologies

Troubleshooting systems

Stakeholder management

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Degree or diploma in Computer Sciences, Computing, Electronics, Electrical Engineering or similar

Tools

Schneider Electric

Siemens

Rockwell

Ignition

Job description

• Opportunities across Data Centre, Manufacturing and Water/Wastewater automation projects
• Hands-on PLC, SCADA & HMI engineering with leading System Integrators
• Deliver industrial automation solutions across the greater Melbourne region

The Company

Paragon Talent Solutions has been engaged to assist several Australian-owned System Integrators who provide electrical and industrial automation solutions to a broad client base across Australia.

Due to continued project demand, these organisations are expanding their engineering capability in Melbourne and have fantastic opportunities available for Control Systems Engineers.

These are permanent positions based in Melbourne, where successful candidates will support the delivery of industrial automation projects across a range of industries, including Data Centres, Manufacturing and Water/Wastewater environments.

The Position

These opportunities will suit Control Systems Engineers who enjoy delivering automation projects across industrial environments and want exposure to a variety of technologies, industries and complex engineering challenges.

As a Control Systems Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Functional design of control systems across a range of projects and industries
• Developing new PLC, SCADA and HMI systems as well as supporting and maintaining existing client systems
• Ensuring real-time data availability and that control mechanisms are operating effectively and efficiently for system operations and network development
• Configuration, testing and commissioning of control systems in the field
• Working closely with clients to understand their requirements and develop automation solutions to suit their needs
• Providing technical knowledge to clients and clearly articulating control system solutions
• Acting as a key point of contact for project-related queries

This is an exciting time to join organisations who are experiencing strong demand from their customers. With a growing pipeline of industrial automation projects across data centres, manufacturing and infrastructure, they are continuing to expand their engineering teams in Melbourne.

Your Experience

To be considered for these positions, you will likely have experience delivering industrial automation and control systems projects within environments such as data centres, manufacturing, water/wastewater or other heavy industrial sectors.

You will also possess:

• A degree or diploma in Computer Sciences, Computing, Electronics, Electrical Engineering or similar
• Strong competence with SCADA and PLC technologies
• Experience across the control systems project lifecycle including design, configuration and commissioning
• The ability to troubleshoot systems and clearly articulate technical solutions to clients
• Knowledge of Schneider Electric, Siemens, Rockwell, Ignition or similar control systems technologies
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What’s On Offer

• Salary package $100K – $130K + Super depending on experience
• Opportunity to work on major automation and infrastructure projects
• Exposure to multiple industries and automation technologies
• Long-term career growth as Melbourne engineering teams continue to expand

We are interviewing immediately for these positions. If you are interested in applying, please send your CV to Callum Read by clicking on the APPLY NOW button.

Our clients have requested that only candidates who are Australian Citizens or Australian Permanent Residents will be considered as sponsorship is not available.