Job title:Controls Engineer
Location:Greater Manchester (predominantly office based; UK site travel for commissioning)
Salary:£55,000£60,000 + accelerated overtime pay
About the role
A well-established, privately held engineering company specialising in bespoke automation and special-purpose machinery is recruiting a Controls Engineer to join a small, experienced controls team. The company delivers end-to-end automation (mechanical, electrical, controls, software and commissioning) across multiple industries and values hands-on problem solving, clear documentation and high quality commissioning.
What youll do
1. Design, develop and commission PLC and HMI softwarefrom scratchfor bespoke machines and automated systems.
2. Lead motion control and servo programming tasks select axes, tune loops and implement coordinated multi-axis motion profiles.
3. Work primarily withSiemens S7 / TIA PortalandAllen-Bradley (Studio 5000/RSLogix)environments.
4. Integrate PLC control with drives, servos, HMIs, I/O racks and field networks (Profinet, EtherNet/IP, etc.).
5. Collaborate with mechanical, electrical and robotics engineers to create robust integrated solu...