Lead Applications Engineer (PLC / Controls / Drives)

MDE Consultants Ltd; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Profit Bonus

33 Days Holiday

Industry 4.0 training

Career progression

Life Insurance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

MDE Consultants Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Applications Engineer (PLC / Controls / Drives) to advance technical careers within Industry 4.0 projects. You will receive extensive training, with a clear progression path to management or expert roles, and a strong focus on work-life balance.

The role offers hybrid working, a salary band of £45,000–£70,000 plus a £6,000 car allowance, 10% profit bonus, 33 days holiday, and life insurance. Occasional travel to client sites is required.

Qualifications

• Mechatronics, Drives or Controls background.
• Motivated to advance technically and progress your career.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Technical Sales Manager and bridge sales and projects.
• Office and home-based with occasional customer visits.
• 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri with flexible hours.

Skills

Mechatronics

Drives

Controls

Job description

Lead Applications Engineer (PLC / Controls / Drives)

£45,000 - £70,000 + £6,000 Car Allowance + 10% Profit Bonus + 33 Days Holiday + Expert Industry 4.0 training + Career Progression Plans (Management or Task Expert) + Hybrid + 3x Life Insurance

Hybrid, Commutable from Telford, Shrewsbury, Newport, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Cannock, Bridgnorth, Walsall, Dudley and surrounding areas.

Are you from a Controls Engineering, PLC Programming, or Drives background aspiring to further your technical career and become a task expert within Industry 4.0 projects, where you will receive further technical training alongside the opportunity to further progress your career and become a go to expert?

This is a rare and genuinely exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of Engineering projects delivering state of the art systems, where you will receive further and on going training to become a task expert, combined with a great work life balance and emphasis of a great company culture.

This role will suit a motivated and passionate engineer from any Controls or Drives background looking to step into a highly technical and diverse role, that will offer exciting training, career progression all with a great work life balance.

The Company

• Established for almost 30 years as an industry leader in industry 4.0
• Highly regarded as a industry expert, with a low staff turnover
• A team of 90 with a direct team of 5 Application Engineers

The Opportunity

• Liaising directly with Technical Sales Manager's and bridging the gap between sales and projects
• Office and Home based with occasional travel to meet customers
• 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday with flexibility in hours

About you

• Mechatronic, Drives or Controls background
• Looking to further technically and progress your career