Controls Engineer

Travail Employment Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 33,525,273 - 55,875,456; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Overtime pay

Job summary

Travail Employment Group seeks a Controls Engineer for the Doncaster area. The role is based in-house with regular travel to customer sites across the UK, focusing on configuring inverters (Yaskawa, Omron, Allen-Bradley), electrical installation and commissioning, and CAD-based diagram modifications.

Applicants should hold a recognised electrical qualification with experience in machinery, control panels or automation systems and fault-finding.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical qualification and proven experience in electrical service, installation or maintenance.
• Experience with machinery, control panels or automation systems and fault-finding.
• 18th Edition and commissioning experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Inverter configuration and commissioning at customer sites (Yaskawa, Omron, Allen-Bradley).
• Electrical installation and commissioning tasks.
• Modify electrical diagrams using CAD software.
• Fault-finding and support during breakdowns.
• Documentation management, regulatory compliance and technical support to departments.

Skills

Electrical qualification

Electrical fault-finding

Automation systems

Commissioning

18th Edition

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Yaskawa

Omron

Allen-Bradley

CAD software

Job description

Controls Engineer - Doncaster

Compensation: up to £19.50p/hr, overtime and expenses.

Overview

Our client is an engineering business that supplies machinery and equipment to customers across the UK and internationally. This role is critical to the growth of their electrical automation function, developing and delivering PLC‑based control systems. We are looking for an experienced controls engineer or an electrical engineer interested in moving into controls engineering.

The role

This hands‑on position is based in house at Doncaster with regular travel to customers' sites, mainly in the UK and occasionally overseas. Responsibilities include inverter configuration and commissioning (Yaskawa, Omron, Allen‑Bradley), electrical installation and commissioning, modification of electrical diagrams using CAD software, fault‑finding and customer support during breakdowns, and provision of support to the electrical and commissioning departments through efficient administration, regulatory compliance and technical documentation management.

Requirements

Applicants must hold a recognised electrical qualification (e.g., City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering or equivalent) and have proven experience in an electrical service, installation or maintenance role. Experience working with machinery, control panels or automation systems and the ability to fault‑find industrial or commercial electrical systems is required. Experience with the 18th Edition and commissioning work is desirable.

Benefits

• Salary up to £42,588k (19.50p/hr), dependent on experience, skills and abilities.
• Overtime paid at 1.5× for hours over 42 per week and 2× on Sundays.
• All expenses paid.
• Working hours: Monday to Thursday – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Friday – 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Holidays: up to 34 days over five years (20 days plus birthday, bank holidays and an additional day for every 12 months of service, up to a maximum of 25 days).
• Regular company social events, including a summer BBQ and Christmas brunch.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and well‑being advice.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Death in Service cover.
• Free on‑site parking.