Senior Controls Software Engineer – Hybrid, Sustaining

Pertemps; Clevedon; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 7.5%

Employer pension contribution up to 8%

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Life assurance 4x basic salary

Health cash plan and wellbeing program

Discounted gym membership

Free parking and subsidised canteen

Job summary

Pertemps in Clevedon seeks a Senior Controls Software Engineer – Sustaining to join an established engineering team. The role focuses on developing and improving control and visualization software for specialist equipment, ensuring reliability and quality across software lifecycles.

You will contribute to project planning, testing, releases and documentation, with hybrid working available between home and the office as required by business needs.

Qualifications

• HND or degree in a relevant technical discipline (controls or software).
• 5+ years' experience in controls and software within a relevant industry.
• Experience with HMI programming using VB.NET or another high‑level language.
• Experience compiling software and managing software configurations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare software specifications for control and visualization systems.
• Develop and maintain control software using appropriate languages.
• Follow testing procedures and risk assessments for safe practices.
• Prepare test documentation and recommend testing methods.
• Plan and prioritise workload, monitor progress, report on project activities.
• Contribute to project planning and continuous improvement of controls processes.
• Investigate software quality issues and support resolution.
• Maintain release and installation documentation.
• Produce and review technical content for manuals and service instructions.
• Manage software configuration control, versioning, and releases.
• Share knowledge and support colleagues in the engineering team.

Skills

VB.NET

HMI programming

Software compilation

Education

HND / degree in technical discipline

Tools

Modbus

EdCentra XML

Job description

Pertemps in Clevedon seeks a Senior Controls Software Engineer – Sustaining to join an established engineering team. The role focuses on developing and improving control and visualization software for specialist equipment, ensuring reliability and quality across software lifecycles.

You will contribute to project planning, testing, releases and documentation, with hybrid working available between home and the office as required by business needs.