Controls & Commissioning Engineer

Location: Suffolk
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000

If you enjoy getting properly hands-on with controls, solving problems and seeing a project through from software development to a working system on-site, this is worth a look.

This is a role with plenty of technical variety, combining PLC programming, controls development, testing and commissioning rather than being tied to the same equipment every day.

The Role

We’re working with an established engineering business looking for an experienced Controls & Commissioning Engineer to join their team.

You’ll work across the full controls lifecycle, getting involved from initial software development and testing through to commissioning and final customer acceptance. It’s a genuinely hands-on position where you’ll have the opportunity to see the end result of the work you’ve engineered.

What You’ll Be Doing

• PLC programming, development and modifications
• HMI development
• Controls and software testing
• Electrical and software fault finding
• FAT and SAT
• Customer-site commissioning
• Making PLC/HMI changes during commissioning
• Working with drives, servo/motion and wider control systems
• Supporting projects through to final handover
• UK and occasional overseas commissioning

What They’re Looking For

• Strong hands-on PLC programming experience
• Allen-Bradley / Rockwell knowledge
• ControlLogix and/or CompactLogix experience
• Studio 5000 / RSLogix experience
• HMI development experience
• Strong controls and electrical fault-finding ability
• Experience with automated machinery or equipment
• FAT, SAT and customer-site commissioning experience
• Siemens or Mitsubishi experience would also be relevant
• Servo, motion control or robotics experience would be beneficial

You could currently be a Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, PLC Engineer or Commissioning Engineer. The job title isn’t the important bit. They’re interested in what you can actually do.

If you want a role where you can stay technically hands-on, work across different engineering challenges and follow projects all the way through to commissioning, get in touch with Sam at Elev8 Recruitment for a confidential conversation.