Hartland Recruitment
Control Systems Engineering Manager

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Control Systems Engineering Manager
You: You're an experienced Control Systems Engineer. You have designed PLC control systems. HMI systems, and drives, electrical, and factory automation don't frighten you. You have worked on your own projects from start to finish, maybe you've mentored some other engineers or led a small group in a project. You liked it, you want recognition, the next step up, to lead the team and have the title and the salary that goes with it.
That's what this is.
My client has the orders, the variety of work, the vision for the future. They need to recruit someone to lead a small team of Automation and Control Systems Engineers - organising the workload around those orders, getting a quality solution, keeping the team upskilled, happy, whilst also showing everyone your own PLC programming skills by working on the automation projects too. So - hands on, but organising the team. Then in the future, you'll set plans to develop the team further, and play a part in growing the business too.
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In summary, you'll have:
- Strong experience in PLC programming, HMI, control systems design
- Factory automation knowledge - process, packaging, machinery etc
- Electrical ability to be able to talk with Electrical Design and Project Managers
- Leading or developing other Engineers is OK- you've done some before.
- Permanent right to work in the UK


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The Company Offers
- Basic salary of £70,000
- Benefits including bonus, holiday, pension package
- Genuine chance to join the leadership of the company, and have a say in its future.
Interested? Please send your CV to Mark Burnard at Hartland Recruitment. We look forward to hearing from you!
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