Controls Engineer

Samuel Frank; Badgeworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Basic salary £60,000

Site uplift payments £3–£10k per year

Private healthcare

25 days holiday

9 in 10 working pattern

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Controls Engineer to join a well-established specialist machinery manufacturer. The role involves PLC/HMI and motion control programming, with Allen Bradley/Rockwell experience including Studio 5000 and Kinetix motion systems, plus occasional Siemens TIA Portal exposure.

You will support builds, commissioning, and customer installations on a global basis. International travel is required (USA, Turkey, North Africa, China) about 4–5 times per year,

Qualifications

• Experience in special purpose machinery or automated manufacturing.
• Strong PLC/HMI programming experience with focus on safety.
• Willing to travel internationally for commissioning and support.
• Excellent collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support machine builds, commissioning activities and customer installations.
• Work with networked control systems, vision systems and motion control applications.
• International travel approximately 4–5 times per year, trips 2–3 weeks each.
• Operate in a 9 days on, 1 day off fortnightly pattern and ensure high engineering standards.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI programming

Motion control

Allen Bradley

Rockwell Studio 5000

Kinetix motion systems

Customer installations

Machine commissioning

Tools

Studio 5000

Kinetix

Siemens TIA Portal

Rockwell PLCs

Job description

Controls Engineer – Gloucester / near the Cotswolds – Special Purpose Machinery

£60,000 salary + site uplift (estimated £3–10k per year), private healthcare, 25 days holiday.

Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Controls Engineer to join a well-established special purpose machine manufacturer supplying automated machinery to customers worldwide. This Controls Engineer role suits someone who enjoys a mixture of software development, machine support and international commissioning work.

The successful Controls Engineer will join a business designing and building bespoke machinery for a global customer base. This role offers varied project work, overseas travel and an excellent work‑life balance including 9 working days every 10, averaging 37 hours per week over a 2‑week cycle.

Applicants must be British or European nationals due to international travel requirements.

Key Aspects of the Controls Engineer role

• PLC, HMI and motion control programming for special purpose machinery
• Allen Bradley / Rockwell experience including Studio 5000 and Kinetix motion systems (other PLC & motion system experience will be considered)
• Siemens TIA Portal experience would be advantageous but is not essential
• Support machine builds, commissioning activities and customer installations
• Opportunity to work with networked control systems, vision systems and motion control applications
• International travel approximately 4–5 times per year with trips typically lasting 2–3 weeks (destinations: USA, Turkey, North Africa, China)
• Work 9 days every fortnight – creating an extra 22 days holiday per year – so total paid holiday is 47 days per year + bank holidays
• Comfortable working directly with customers and supporting equipment in the field
• Strong emphasis on machine safety and high engineering standards
• Amazing location – very close to the Cotswolds and everything the area has to offer

The successful Controls Engineer is likely to have previous experience within special purpose machinery, systems integration or automated manufacturing environments. Experience with Allen Bradley / Rockwell PLCs is strongly preferred.

Package on Offer

• Basic salary of £60,000
• Site uplift payments when working away (estimated to be £3–10k per year)
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday
• 9 in 10 working pattern
• Relocation assistance available

This Controls Engineer vacancy is ideal for someone looking for technically varied work, regular overseas exposure and the opportunity to see projects through from development to installation.