Controls Engineer West Yorkshire Permanent - £52-55k Siemens TIA Portal
Samuel Frank Associates is recruiting for a Controls Engineer to join a well-established, specialist automation and controls business based in West Yorkshire. This Controls Engineer role would suit an engineer who enjoys variety, technical ownership and being involved across the full lifecycle of automation projects.
The successful Controls Engineer will have strong Siemens TIA Portal PLC programming experience and will be comfortable working in a small, highly technical team environment. This Controls Engineer position offers the opportunity to take real ownership of projects and play a key role in delivering automation solutions across multiple industrial sectors.
This Controls Engineer role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on engineering work, problem solving and seeing projects through from concept to commissioning.
Key aspects of the Controls Engineer role include:
Design, develop and test PLC software using Siemens TIA Portal
Develop associated HMI and SCADA visualisation systems
Carry out commissioning activities, both on site and remotely
Work closely with electrical design engineers and wider project teams
Controls Engineer will contribute to continuous improvement and R&D activities
Support fault finding and modification of existing automation systems
Ensure projects are delivered on time and within agreed technical scope
Controls Engineer will travel to customer sites when commissioning likely to be mainly in the North of England, occasionally abroad
The successful Controls Engineer is likely to have:
Proven experience as a Controls Engineer using Siemens TIA Portal
Strong PLC programming and fault-finding capability
Experience delivering industrial automation or machinery projects
Ability to manage workload and take ownership of technical delivery
Understanding of industrial communication protocols such as Profinet, Profibus or Ethernet/IP
Comfortable working within a small engineering team environment
Good communication skills with the ability to deal directly with customers
The opportunity:
The Controls Engineer will join a growing, specialist automation business with an excellent technical reputation.
The Controls Engineer position is commutable from across West Yorkshire including Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Dewsbury and Wakefield.
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