Senior Controls Engineer - Lead PLC/SCADA (Hybrid)

ITI Group; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Training opportunities

Wellbeing support

Private Medical Insurance after 6 mois

Job summary

Noveum, part of ITI Group, is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead software engineering activities across projects, delivering PLC solutions using Siemens TIA Portal / STEP 7 and coordinating VSD integration. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership over a team of engineers.

You will drive best practices, policy implementation, and cross-functional collaboration with clients and stakeholders while ensuring quality and on-time delivery in nuclear and defence projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Able to architect, structure and write complete PLC software from scratch (Siemens TIA Portal / STEP 7).
• Experience parameterising, commissioning and integrating VSDs.
• Experience designing and integrating SCADA platforms is highly desirable.
• MOD Security cleared.
• Minimum four years of software development in project environments with leadership experience.
• Experience in ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001 environments.
• UK residency for the last 5 years and DBS/BPSS checks.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, oversee and lead all software engineering activities on specified projects.
• Oversee software engineering on projects and drive best practice, policies and procedures.
• Line management and functional leadership for the engineering team.
• Develop system and software engineering policy documents and guidelines.
• Support business development, estimating and onsite engineering teams.
• Oversee all aspects of software and system design from contract to handover.
• Prepare technical and contract documentation and tender analysis.
• Report progress to Senior Management and ensure EH&S, Engineering and Quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Project lifecycle management

Software engineering leadership

Nuclear & defence domain knowledge

Security clearance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

STEP 7

SCADA platforms

Job description

Noveum, part of ITI Group, is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead software engineering activities across projects, delivering PLC solutions using Siemens TIA Portal / STEP 7 and coordinating VSD integration. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership over a team of engineers.

You will drive best practices, policy implementation, and cross-functional collaboration with clients and stakeholders while ensuring quality and on-time delivery in nuclear and defence projects.