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Control Systems Engineer
Control Systems Engineer
Location: Essex Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Are you a Control Systems Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems across PLCs, SCADA, networking, virtualised environments, and industrial infrastructure?
This is an opportunity to join a major manufacturing operation where you’ll play a key role in maintaining, improving, and developing critical control systems across a complex process environment. You’ll work on everything from PLC and SCADA development through to network troubleshooting, cybersecurity, instrumentation, and project delivery.
This role would suit someone who enjoys being the technical expert that can see the bigger picture. You’ll be just as comfortable diagnosing PLC logic as you are investigating network communications, firewall issues, or SCADA server infrastructure.
The Role
As a Control Systems Engineer, you’ll be responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and support of industrial control systems across multiple manufacturing facilities.
Working closely with engineering, maintenance, and project teams, you’ll be involved in a broad range of activities including system upgrades, new installations, fault-finding, commissioning, and continuous improvement projects.
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- Design, development, and modification of PLC and SCADA systems
- Supporting and maintaining process control systems across operational plants
- Fault finding and troubleshooting PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, and communications issues
- Developing project documentation, including FDS, URS, control narratives, and Cause & Effect documentation
- Supporting commissioning activities and site-based project delivery
- Assisting with instrumentation specification, configuration, and integration
- Participating in HAZOPs, MOCs, and other process safety activities
- Providing technical support and guidance to maintenance teams
- Identifying opportunities for system optimisation, reliability improvements, and standardisation
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a well-rounded Control Systems Engineer who understands not only PLCs and SCADA, but also the wider infrastructure that modern industrial control systems rely upon.
You’ll ideally have experience in:
- Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and FactoryTalk environments
- Siemens S7 and WinCC systems
- PLC programming, diagnostics, and commissioning
- SCADA design, development, and support
- Industrial Ethernet networking and communications
- Managed switches and network troubleshooting
- Layer 3 networking, routing, VLANs, and IP addressing
- Virtualised environments such as VMware or Hyper-V
- Firewall configuration and industrial cybersecurity principles
- Instrumentation including pressure, temperature, flow, and level systems
- SIL, SIF, and functional safety concepts
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Most importantly, you’ll be someone who can troubleshoot across the entire control system stack—from field devices and PLCs through to SCADA servers, network infrastructure, and cybersecurity controls.
Why Apply?
This is a genuinely varied engineering position where no two days are the same. You’ll be involved in everything from hands-on fault finding and plant support through to large-scale control system projects and infrastructure improvements.
You’ll be joining a business that values technical expertise and gives engineers the opportunity to make a real impact on plant performance, reliability, and future technology development.
If you’re a Control Systems Engineer who enjoys working across PLCs, SCADA, networking, and industrial infrastructure, we’d be keen to hear from you.
Keywords: Control Systems Engineer, Controls Engineer, Controls Technician, PLC Engineer, SCADA Engineer
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