Controls Technician in Runcorn

Energy Jobline ZR; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy job board is seeking a Controls Technician in Runcorn. The role involves developing and troubleshooting automation systems in a manufacturing environment. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience and an HNC in Electrical Engineering. This position offers a competitive salary of £59,500, with an alternative continental shift pattern. Successful applicants will join a collaborative team focused on improving manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification work experience within an FMCG environment.
• Ability to implement program modifications on a range of PLCs and robotics.
• Experience in designing and modifying control circuits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and troubleshoot various controls and automation systems.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to implement improvements.
• Organise and lead automation and PLC design projects.

Skills

Fault finding

PLC programming

HMI modification

Electrical engineering knowledge

Control circuit design

Experience in FMCG environment

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Job Description

Controls Technician

£59,500

Runcorn

Alternative Continental shift

Week 1 - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 6:45am - 7:00pm

Week 2 - Monday, Tuesday - 6:45am - 7:00pm, Wednesday, Thursday 18:45pm - 7:00am

Week 3 - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - 6:45pm - 7:00am

7 days off

Gap Technical are proud to be representing this global manufacturing business in their search for a Controls Technician to work at their facility based near Runcorn.

Performance Objectives

• As a Controls Technician, you will be responsible for the development and troubleshooting of our varied controls and automation systems across our manufacturing lines.
• You will be a member of the company's Controls and Automation team, supported by a group of experienced colleagues both on-site at Runcorn and across the wider UK manufacturing business. Experienced in high-level fault-finding and diagnostics across a range of control equipment, you'll be challenged with developing permanent countermeasures to problems encountered and delivering improvement projects across areas of manufacturing safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
• This is a key role within the groups, whereby the controls technician will work cross‑functionally. Therefore, the ability to build trusted working relationships and make decisions that will benefit all concerned is vital to the success of the role.
• Organising automation, electrical, and PLC design projects by identifying short‑term, and long‑range issues; preparing timetables, cost estimates, and detailed documentation on project completion.
• Develop and implement projects to drive improvement in manufacturing availability, product quality, employee safety and process efficiency.
• Develop knowledge of the manufacturing process and operating sequences of the manufacturing processes and cascade with maintenance teams.
• Develop knowledge and application of automation skills and techniques to drive improvement and cascade with maintenance teams.
• Implement plant/process development opportunities that improve safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Coach and develop the maintenance engineering team members' knowledge of machine control and automation systems.

Person Specification

• Time served Electrical Engineer, Automation / Controls apprentice with a minimum of 3 years post‑qualification work experience within an FMCG environment.
• Minimum of HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Ability to fault find and implement program modifications on a range of PLCs, HMIs and robotics.
• Knowledge of parameterisation and commissioning of servo drives and inverters.
• Experience of fault‑finding on industrial communication networks.
• Experience of designing and modifying control circuits and program logic.
• Delivery of change management activities.

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Closing Date: 13/11/2025

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