Project Engineer – Control Systems

Location: Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Employment: Permanent
Sector: Controls, Automation & Engineering
Salary: £45,000 – £65,000 + benefits

The Opportunity

Discover are partnered with a specialist engineering business delivering complex control and automation solutions across critical UK infrastructure projects.

Following a recent acquisition and the award of several new projects, the business is looking to add a Control Systems Project Engineer to its growing engineering team.

This is a hands-on role with exposure across the full project lifecycle, from concept and system design through PLC/SCADA development, Factory Acceptance Testing, site commissioning and final handover.

It would suit an engineer who enjoys combining controls, electrical engineering, software and project delivery, and who wants ownership of projects rather than being limited to one stage of the process.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll take responsibility for the design, development and delivery of control systems across a range of engineering projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and developing PLC, HMI and SCADA control systems
• Creating and modifying PLC, HMI and SCADA software
• Producing control system schematics, process diagrams and technical documentation
• Designing industrial communication networks using Fibre, Ethernet and Serial communications
• Specifying sensors, instrumentation, hardware and system interfaces
• Working alongside CAD Engineers on electrical panel layouts and designs
• Developing and completing Factory Acceptance Testing
• Supporting site installation, testing and commissioning
• Troubleshooting hardware and software issues
• Supporting SAT, commissioning and defect close-out
• Producing as-built drawings, O&M manuals and handover documentation
• Ensuring projects meet relevant standards, legislation, budgets and customer requirements

What We’re Looking For

The team is open to engineers from Controls, Automation, Electrical Engineering or EC&I backgrounds.

You should have experience in several of the following areas:

• PLC programming
• SCADA and HMI systems
• Industrial automation and control systems
• Electrical control panels
• Instrumentation and sensors
• Industrial communications and networking
• FAT and SAT
• Site commissioning
• Electrical and controls fault-finding
• Technical documentation
• Engineering project delivery

You do not necessarily need experience across every area, but you should have a strong controls or automation foundation and an interest in developing broader project capability.

Why Consider It?

This role offers much broader exposure than a position focused purely on software, design or commissioning.

You’ll have the opportunity to follow projects from initial concept through to final commissioning, giving you genuine ownership of the solution and the chance to broaden your technical experience across:

Controls, Electrical, Software, Testing, Commissioning, Project Delivery

With the business growing following recent project wins, there is also good scope to take on increasing responsibility as the team develops.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Remote working
• Flexible holiday arrangements
• Birthday off with pay
• Sick pay
• Pension contribution

Apply

If you have experience within PLC, SCADA, Controls, Automation, Electrical or EC&I Engineering and would like a role with wider project ownership, apply with your updated CV or get in touch for a confidential conversation.