Controls Engineer – Training & Career Progression

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Career progression

Technical development

Varied projects

Job summary

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited is looking for a Controls Engineer in Huddersfield to join a specialist controls business offering strong training and real career progression across the full project lifecycle.

You will design customer-specific control philosophies, electrical schematics and panels, develop PLC and HMI systems (Siemens/Omron preferred), and support testing, commissioning and on-site client work, with mentoring to progress toward a Senior Engineer role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Controls Engineer or similar.
• Electrical Engineering qualification (HNC/HND, degree or apprenticeship).
• Siemens or Omron PLC/HMI experience preferred.
• Strong fault-finding, communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing customer-specific control philosophies and electrical schematics using relay logic and PLC programming.
• Designing control panel layouts, wiring diagrams and Bills of Materials using CAD software.
• Developing and supporting PLC and HMI programming tasks, including Siemens systems.
• Monday to Friday with occasional travel to customer sites.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI development

Fault-finding

Communication

Organisation

Education

Electrical Engineering qualification

Tools

Siemens PLC

Omron PLC

CAD software

Job description

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited is looking for a Controls Engineer in Huddersfield to join a specialist controls business offering strong training and real career progression across the full project lifecycle.

You will design customer-specific control philosophies, electrical schematics and panels, develop PLC and HMI systems (Siemens/Omron preferred), and support testing, commissioning and on-site client work, with mentoring to progress toward a Senior Engineer role.