Controls Engineer – Cheshire – Permanent – £50-65k + car allowance + hybrid working + bonus

Samuel Frank Associates Ltd; Amesbury; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid work

Bonus

Job summary

Samuel Frank Associates Ltd is recruiting a Controls Engineer for a rapidly growing Cheshire-based systems integrator. You’ll work on a wide range of projects including heavy industry, marine, manufacturing, energy storage, and metal processing plants.

The role combines office/remote days with some site work, and offers a clear career path in an innovative environment. You’ll design software and electrical concepts and participate in FATs/SATs as part of a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Experience designing software for PLC/SCADA/HMI and variable speed drives.
• Knowledge of electrical/controls concept design and safety specifications.
• FATs and SATs execution experience.

Responsibilities

• Software design for PLC, HMI, SCADA, robots or drives.
• Electrical/controls concept design including safety specifications and diagrams.
• Produce Functional Design Specifications and device layouts.
• Contribute to safety standards and CMSE/TUV considerations where applicable.
• Hybrid working pattern with office and home-based days; occasional site work.
• Mentor and progress within a defined career path.
• Collaborate with commissioning/installation teams to support successful project delivery.

Skills

PLC programming

SCADA/HMI

System integration

Tools

CMSE

TUV Functional Safety

Job description

Controls Engineer – Cheshire – Permanent – £50-65k + car allowance + hybrid working + bonus

Cheshire, North West

Permanent

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+++Wide variety of sectors & types of projects, defined career path, company is an innovator, embraces new technologies, superb/modern office space+++

Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Controls Engineer to join a rapidly growing Cheshire based systems integrator. As a Controls Engineer you’ll be working on a wide range of projects, including but not limited to heavy industry, marine applications, manufacturing, energy storage and distribution or metal processing plants.

Key aspects of the Controls Engineer position include;

• Software design, including Software Design Specifications and production of software deliverables for PLC, HMI, SCADA, robots or variable speed drives
• Electrical / controls concept design including Functional Design Specification, Safety Requirements Specification, Single Line Diagrams, Network Topology, Device Layout, Cause & Effect Matrix, Safety Block Diagram etc.
• Conduct FATs and SATs
• Control Engineers who are Certified Machine Safety Engineers (CMSE) or TUV Functional Safety accredited will be considered favourably – not essential
• Role is hybrid, so when you’re not working on customer sites the expectation is that you’re in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays and another day of your choice and the remaining two days are home-based.
• When you’re in the office you’ll be working in modern, high specification workspace.
• Role won’t involve extended periods on site. The company has a commissioning and installation team that picks up the heavy lifting in terms of site work. For example, the Controls Engineer might expect to be on site for 2-3 weeks at the end of a job where they’ve been home and office based for 6 months.
• Company promotes from within and has a clear career progression path for Controls Engineers joining the team
• They’re innovators, the company push the boundaries of what’s possible with existing and new technologies.

The Controls Engineer position is commutable from the following places in and around the North West / Cheshire area including Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Runcorn, Ellesmere Port, Stockport, Bolton, Heywood, Rochdale, Birkenhead, Widnes, Knutsford, Skelmersdale or Wigan.