Lead Applications Engineer (PLC / Controls / Drives)

MDE Consultants Ltd; Telford; 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 Plans

Life Insurance (3x)

Job summary

MDE Consultants Ltd is seeking a Lead Applications Engineer with PLC/Controls/Drives experience to advance technical projects and become a task expert in Industry 4.0 initiatives.

The role offers a competitive package (£45,000-£70,000) plus a £6,000 car allowance, a 10% profit bonus, 33 days holiday, expert Industry 4.0 training, and clear career progression within a hybrid working setup with travel to meet customers.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Technical Sales Managers and bridge 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.

Skills

PLC Programming

Controls Engineering

Mechatronics

Industry 4.0

Drives

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