Contract Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer – Contract – Yorkshire – Outside IR35 – 6 months initially - £45-£50 per hour

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Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Controls Engineer on a contract basis to join a well-established special purpose machine manufacturer based in Yorkshire.

This contract role will suit a Controls Engineer with strong commissioning and installation experience, particularly within special purpose machinery environments, with additional experience of motion control systems. This is a hands-on role, not a full-time desk-based position, so will suit a Controls Engineer who is comfortable working on the shop floor and has come from a practical, time-served apprenticeship background. The successful Controls Engineer will be required on site in Yorkshire five days per week, with occasional longer periods of site work.

Key skills and experience required for the Controls Engineer contract position include –

* Strong commissioning and installation experience on special purpose machinery projects

* Proven Siemens PLC experience, ideally with S7-1500 / TIA Portal

* Experience of motion control systems including servo drives, positioning systems and synchronisation

* Experience of working with Rockwell / Allen Bradley PLCs would be advantageous

* Hands-on approach with the ability to work effectively on the shop floor during build, install and commissioning phases

* Likely to have completed a time-served apprenticeship or have a strong practical engineering background

* Ability to interrogate, modify, tweak and enhance existing PLC code

* Support full system commissioning through to successful FAT and SAT

* Experience of working on customer sites, including fault finding and resolving issues under pressure

* Ability to work closely with mechanical and electrical teams during installation and commissioning phases

* Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with tight project deadlines

* There will be an expectation to complete site-based commissioning phases lasting approximately three to four weeks at a time, typically once every six months.

The successful Controls Engineer will play a key role in delivering commissioning and installation activities across a range of projects, with a strong focus on complex motion control performance, ensuring systems are operational, optimised and handed over successfully.

Please apply today for an immediate response