Controls System Engineer

Reed Specialist Recruitment
United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£30,000 – £50,000 pa

Salary

£30,000 – £50,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
18 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Control Systems Engineer

Location: West Midlands

Salary: Competitive Salary DOE

Full-Time or Part-Time | PermanentControl Systems Engineer | Siemens | TIA Portal | PLC Programming | Automation

My client is a growing industrial automation and control systems business looking to appoint a Control Systems Engineer as part of a major growth phase within the company.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a wide variety of industrial automation projects involving Siemens PLCs, HMIs, drives and control systems across manufacturing and industrial environments.

The business is open to speaking with:

Early career Controls Engineers

Junior Automation Engineers

Mid-level Controls Engineers

Experienced Senior Control Systems Engineers

Full-time and part-time applications are both welcomed.The Role

As a Control Systems Engineer, you will be involved in:

PLC programming and software development

Siemens HMI design and configuration

Siemens drive/VFD configuration

Control system testing and fault finding

Automation project delivery

Commissioning and customer support activities

Supporting industrial automation and control system projects from concept through to completion

This role will involve a mixture of office-based engineering work alongside occasional customer site visits.Key Skills & Experience

Essential:

Previous experience within a Control Systems Engineer, Controls Engineer, PLC Engineer or Automation Engineer role

Siemens PLC programming experience

Experience using Siemens TIA Portal

Experience with:

Ladder Logic

Structured Text

Function Block Design (FBD)

Experience with industrial automation systems

Fault finding and troubleshooting experienceHighly Desirable:

Siemens ET200SP experience

Siemens S7-1200 / S7-1500 experience

Siemens Unified Comfort HMI experience

Siemens G120C drive experience

Commissioning experience

Industrial instrumentation exposure

SCADA experience

JAVA exposureTechnologies Used

Siemens ET200SP Safety PLCs

Siemens S7-1200 / S7-1500

Siemens Unified Comfort HMIs

Siemens G120C drives

Siemens TIA Portal V19+Exposure to additional automation products would also be beneficial, including:

Allen Bradley

Schneider Electric

Eurotherm

Wago

WeidmüllerWhat's On Offer?

Opportunity to join a growing automation business

Varied automation and controls projects

Flexible working options

Long-term progression opportunities

Opportunity to grow alongside the business

Smaller engineering team with real technical influence

Stable pipeline of upcoming projects and investment

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within industrial automation whilst working in a technically focused and growing engineering environment

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