Senior Controls Engineer - Hybrid, UK Site Travel

Progressive Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Travel expenses

Benefits package

Hybrid/home-based work

Lifecycle ownership

Technical ownership

Career development

Job summary

Progressive Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Controls Engineer to take technical ownership of complex automation projects across conveyor, logistics and automated material-handling systems in the UK. The role blends home and office-based software development with site commissioning, testing, fault-finding and customer handover, with regular UK travel and a hybrid working pattern.

You will work with Siemens TIA Portal, structured text, HMI development and Profinet, delivering safe, robust PLC

Qualifications

• You will need previous experience developing and commissioning PLC-controlled automation systems.
• Siemens TIA Portal
• Structured Text/SCL and Ladder Logic
• HMI development
• Machine sequencing and interlocks
• Profinet or Industrial Ethernet
• Remote I/O, variable-speed drives and motor control
• Functional Design Specifications and electrical schematics
• FAT, SAT and customer-site commissioning
• Fault-finding within live automation environments
• Experience with Siemens safety PLCs, PROFIsafe, servo systems, robotics or functional safety would be advantageous.
• Ideally prior experience within conveyor systems, warehouse automation, logistics, automated material handling, robotics, parcel handling, airport baggage systems or special-purpose machinery would be particularly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Developing PLC software using Siemens TIA Portal
• Programming in Structured Text/SCL and Ladder Logic
• Developing machine sequences, interlocks and fault-recovery routines
• Creating HMI screens, alarms and diagnostic functions
• Reviewing electrical drawings, I/O schedules and Functional Design Specifications
• Integrating conveyors, drives, remote I/O, robots and third-party equipment
• Configuring and troubleshooting Profinet and Industrial Ethernet networks
• Completing software simulation, I/O validation and sequence testing
• Supporting Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing
• Commissioning systems at customer sites throughout the UK
• Diagnosing PLC, HMI, network and equipment faults
• Producing software backups, release notes and technical documentation
• Supporting and mentoring less-experienced Controls Engineers

Skills

Siemens TIA Portal

Structured Text / SCL and Ladder Logic

HMI development

Machine sequencing & interlocks

Profinet / Industrial Ethernet

Remote I/O / motor control

Functional Design Specifications / ele

FAT / SAT / customer-site

Fault-finding in live automation

Siemens safety PLCs / PROFIsafe / serv

Conveyor systems / warehouse automatio

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Job description

Progressive Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Controls Engineer to take technical ownership of complex automation projects across conveyor, logistics and automated material-handling systems in the UK. The role blends home and office-based software development with site commissioning, testing, fault-finding and customer handover, with regular UK travel and a hybrid working pattern.

You will work with Siemens TIA Portal, structured text, HMI development and Profinet, delivering safe, robust PLC