Controls & Instrumentation Engineer II

-; Witney; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a Controls/Automation Engineer to join their R&D team in Witney. The role involves providing engineering expertise on innovative projects, developing control systems, and testing instrumentation. Ideal candidates will have HNC in Engineering, experience with PLC systems, and practical electrical experience. The company offers an excellent salary, healthcare, and flexible benefits to enhance employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Defined contribution pension scheme

Share ownership scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• HNC level or higher in Electrical, Electronic or Control Engineering.
• Experience with Siemens S7 PLC, HMI, and Control Systems.
• Practical experience with electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide Controls & Instrumentation Engineering expertise.
• Contribute to product development projects from initiation through to manufacture.
• Design control systems and source/test instrumentation.

Skills

PLC (Siemens S7)

HMI

Motion Control

Vision Systems

Instrumentation

PID control systems

Database skills

Education

HNC in Electrical, Electronic or Control Engineering

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Pursue a career as a Controls/Automation Engineer and do work that matters at Abbott. Abbott's Diabetes Care business designs, develops and manufactures leading‑edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips for use in both home and hospital settings. Our product portfolio includes Freestyle Libre, a recently launched system that is revolutionising how people with diabetes around the world monitor their glucose levels. We are passionate about doing work that improves the quality of people's lives.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Control & Instrumentation Engineer to join our Development Engineering group.

Responsibilities

Contributing to the research and investigation of technologies that may prove suitable for integration into future products and processes, your main responsibility will be to provide Controls & Instrumentation Engineering expertise to a multi‑disciplinary team of scientists and engineers on groundbreaking engineering projects. Whether you find yourself contributing to product development projects from initiation through to manufacture, designing control systems, sourcing and testing instrumentation to prove suitability for application, or characterising and optimising equipment, you will play a pivotal part in the R&D Engineering team.

Working in an R&D environment, you will need to demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to problem solving.

Qualifications

To be successful, you will be qualified at HNC level or higher in Electrical, Electronic or Control Engineering. You will bring strong experience in PLC (Siemens S7), HMI, Motion Control, Vision Systems, Instrumentation, and PID control systems. Additional skills in databases would be beneficial. Practical experience with electrical systems will be required.

Benefits

Here at Witney, we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest, so we offer a range of optional initiatives, including local community STEM outreach, couch to 5k campaigns, yoga, and more. As an innovative global healthcare company, we offer an excellent starting salary and a competitive range of benefits, including a defined contribution pension scheme, share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme you can tailor to your own requirements.

Compensation

The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family: Engineering

Division: ADC Diabetes Care

Location: United Kingdom > Witney : Range Road

Work Shift: Standard

Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time

Requests to Agencies: We politely request that agencies do not make contact in relation to this opportunity.