Controls Engineer

Job Title: Control Systems Engineer

Location: Lydney, Gloucestershire

Pay Range/details: Competitive salary

Contract Type: Permanent

We are seeking a highly skilled Control Systems Engineer to join our client based in. This role involves hands-on PLC/SCADA development, functional safety integration, and on-site commissioning, ensuring maximum uptime, quality, and compliance

Key Responsibilities - Control Systems Engineer

• Specify, program, modify, and test PLCs including Siemens TIA/Step7, Mitsubishi, and Beckhoff
• Design and implement functional safety architectures including light curtains, scanners, interlocks, safety PLCs, zoning, safe states, estops, and reset logic
• Produce safety documentation such as risk assessments, SRS, validation plans, proof-testing, and change logs in line with ISO 13849/IEC 62061
• Develop HMI/SCADA systems, data acquisition, alarms, diagnostics, and performance dashboards
• Integrate cells with plant networks, historians, and MES systems where applicable
• Plan, schedule, and deliver projects from concept through handover, including FAT/SAT and minimal downtime upgrades
• Troubleshoot faults and implement root-cause fixes across electrical systems, PLCs, sensors, and communications
• Act as a point of contact for production and maintenance teams, providing training, operating procedures, and commissioning/maintenance guides
• Maintain version control, technical drawings (AutoCAD), and adhere to site standards, change control, and audit requirements

Qualifications & Requirements - Control Systems Engineer

• HNC in Electrical, Controls, or Mechatronics, or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in PLC/HMI design and commissioning including Siemens TIA/Step7, Mitsubishi, and Beckhoff TC2
• Hands-on functional safety integration experience including light curtains, door interlocks, scanners/radar, safety relays/PLCs
• HMI/SCADA development, fault-finding, and plant networking knowledge
• Strong diagnostics skills across sensors, VSDs/servo drives, and fieldbus systems such as Profinet/CC-Link
• Solid documentation discipline for URS/FS, FDS, test protocols, drawings, and change control
• Knowledge of industrial safety systems (ProfiSafe, TwinSafe, Pilz, SICK, Euchner) is preferred
• Recognised apprenticeship and industrial environment experience is advantageous
• Up-to-date knowledge of 18th Edition Wiring Regulations and programming structures such as EDDI

What we can offer - Control Systems Engineer

• Opportunity for professional growth and development
• 33 days holiday per annum including statutory bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Private medical insurance and life assurance
• Annual discretionary bonus
• 24/7 virtual GP consultations and wellbeing support (psychological, legal, financial, physical)
• Income protection and Healthshield cashback plan for medical expenses
• Support with physiotherapy and dentistry
• Retail discounts

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