Control & Instrumentation Engineer

ETS Consulting
Leeming Bar, DL7 9AT, United Kingdom
Last month
£57,000 – £60,000 pa

Salary

£57,000 – £60,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
6 May 2026 (Last month)

Benefits

Pension Medical Life Assurance

Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Reference: Jo7152/SB

Location: Leeming Bar

Salary: £57,000 - £60,000 + Pension + Medical + Life Assurance

Days Based Role – Monday to Friday

The Company – FMCG Manufacturer

Based within one of the UK’s leading specialists, a privately owned FMCG manufacturing companies, my client is looking to recruit an experienced controls specialist to add to their engineering team. The facility in Leeming Bar will benefit from further investment this year, to increase capacity. This manufacturing company is a well established business supplying into major blue chip manufacturers and is an extremely secure organisation.

Key Skills

  • Apprentice Trained in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering.
  • Experience of PLC & SCADA Systems, & Leadership.
  • Understanding of PPM Systems within FMCG

The Role

The ideal candidate will come from an engineering background and should be able to work on their own initiative, be a engineer and have PPM and TPM manufacturing experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day projects, automation engineering and maintenance activities ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and maximising machine efficiencies. If you have worked on PLC systems, HMI & SCADA systems, and invertors it would be advantageous, they have a variety of PLCs on site and you will have programming ability on PLC & SCAD systems. You will be able and willing to work on instrumentation, drives, motors, gearboxes, pumps, and other process machinery. There is a huge scope and variety on offer so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.

If you are interested in this role, please send a copy of your current CV using the details provided, interviews will be held locally and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.

ETS Consulting Ltd – Recruitment specialists with specific areas of expertise in the Manufacturing, Technical, Engineering and Sales markets.

ETS Consulting Limited act as an employment business and employment agency and are registered in England and Wales as ETS Consulting Limited, registered no 06164846. Registered office address 7 Stamford Square, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, OL6 6QU.

If one of our consultants contacts you in relation to this role, please be aware that as part of our registration process you will be required to provide ETS Consulting with proof of your identity along with proof of your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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