Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer – Greater Manchester – Special Purpose Machinery - £44-50k uplift for site work Headlines – Well established, stable team. Switched on, personable Team Manager to work with, full order book Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Controls Engineer to join a very well established, Greater Manchester based, special purpose machine manufacturer. The successful Controls Engineer will ideally have experience with either/both Mitsubishi or Allen Bradley / Rockwell PLCs. Key aspects of the Controls Engineer role include; * Software design & development for control systems – including PLCs, field devices, HMIs etc. * Controls Engineer will have the ability to program from scratch on either Mitsubishi and/or Allen Bradley / Rockwell PLCs * Writing control specification documents, FDS documents, FAT documents, operator manuals etc. * Controls Engineer will specify controls hardware requirements – PLCs, remote I/O, fieldbus/hardware communications, HMIs etc. * Vast majority of software work is done remotely – some international travel may be involved * The company pays an uplift to Controls Engineers for time spent away from home. They also pay x1.5 if you work on a Saturday and x2.0 if you work on a Sunday. * They estimate a split of 70/30 between being based in the office and based on site. * 37 hours per week – 2pm finish on Fridays – flexible start & finish times The client’s premises are commutable from the following places – Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Denton, Bolton, Bury, Blackburn and Burnley

Location: OL13, Shawforth, GB

Posted Date: 11/6/2025