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    Controls Engineer - Cambridgeshire

    Controls Engineer/ Senior Controls Engineer     
    • PLC Programming from scratch
    • System Integrator
    • Office based - Peterborough, UK
    • Flexible working hours (core hours 09:00 – 16:00)
    • £35.000 - £80.000
     
    We are working with an established System Integrator company based in Peterborough, UK. 
    They are recruiting for a Controls Engineer to join their team. In return for a salary in the region £35.000 - £80.000.
     
    Our Client is active in over 140 countries and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. Two billion people consume foods that are made with their processes on a daily basis. These include flour, rice, pasta, chocolate, coffee, and beer.
    They are continuously working to create sustainable innovations for a better world.
    The aim is to transform the world’s most pressing food and mobility challenges into sustainable technologies, process solutions and services.
    Specialising in the design and supply of customer standard process control systems to the food industry.
    The company is conveniently located in Peterborough, where the Controls Engineer’s role will be based.
     
     
    Key Responsibilities include:
    • Completing project tasks (specifying, planning, testing and commission of control systems in conjunction with the customer, providing after sales service and customer training) within the quoted specification, timescale and cost targets.
    • The completion of project tasks applying the procedures, guidelines, forms and examples stipulated in the quality assurance system.
    • Informing the assigned project leader of any problems relating to the assigned tasks.
    • Maintaining project files according to the company quality procedures.
    • Procuring help on the technical and resource matters from the project leader.
    • Regularly assess the outstanding work, provide updates to project leader as required and ask for support in good time.
    • Handing over the project to the customer and provide after sales support.
    • Maintaining, update and archive the project documentation.
    • Striving towards own project leadership responsibilities.
     
    Requirements:
    • You will ideally have a Technical/ Vocational diploma or degree in electrical or automation engineering or equivalent
    • You will have demonstrable experience working on turnkey automation and controls projects with time, cost and quality responsibilities
    • You will have a good knowledge of design and coding of PLC/ SCADA control system software (preferably Rockwell and/ or Siemens TIA)
    • Familiarity with the food processing industry is a strong advantage
    • In addition, you will possess strong communication skills and enjoy leading and working in a team
    • The role will require willingness to travel throughout the UK and EU/ Worldwide - approx. 30% annually maximum
     
     
    How To Apply:
    • Contact: Michal
    • 01527917909
    • Job reference number: 2494
    • If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
     
    This position is commutable from Peterborough, Wellingborough, Cambridge, Grantham and Wisbech.
    Relevant Job Titles: Controls Engineer, Senior Controls Engineer, Controls Technician, Software Design Engineer, Senior Software Design Engineer, Software Design Technician, Automation Engineer, Senior Automation Engineer.
    All applicants must live in the UK and be eligible to work and live in the UK. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
    Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
    Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.

    Controls Engineer

    Cambridgeshire

    1112

     

    Controls Engineer

    Cambridgeshire

    1112

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