Controls Engineer Cheshire - Permanent - £50-65k car allowance hybrid working bonus Wide variety of sectors & types of projects, defined career path, company is an innovator, embraces new technologies, superb/modern office space Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Controls Engineer to join a rapidly growing Cheshire based systems integrator. As a Controls Engineer youll be working on a wide range of projects, including but not limited to heavy industry, marine applications, manufacturing, energy storage and distribution or metal processing plants. Key aspects of the Controls Engineer position include; Software design, including Software Design Specifications and production of software deliverables for PLC, HMI, SCADA, robots or variable speed drives Electrical / controls concept design including Functional Design Specification, Safety Requirements Specification, Single Line Diagrams, Network Topology, Device Layout, Cause & Effect Matrix, Safety Block Diagram etc. Conduct FATs and SATs Control Engineers who are Certified Machine Safety Engineers (CMSE) or TUV Functional Safety accredited will be considered favourably not essential Role is hybrid, so when youre not working on customer sites the expectation is that youre in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays and another day of your choice and the remaining two days are home-based. When youre in the office youll be working in modern, high specification workspace. Role wont involve extended periods on site. The company has a commissioning and installation team that picks up the heavy lifting in terms of site work. For example, the Controls Engineer might expect to be on site for 2-3 weeks at the end of a job where theyve been home and office based for 6 months. Company promotes from within and has a clear career progression path for Controls Engineers joining the team Theyre innovators, the company push the boundaries of whats possible with existing and new technologies. The Controls Engineer position is commutable from the following places in and around the North West / Cheshire area including Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Runcorn, Ellesmere Port, Stockport, Bolton, Heywood, Rochdale, Birkenhead, Widnes, Knutsford, Skelmersdale or Wigan.