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New Contract Role: Controls Engineer
Shape the Future of Heavy Machinery: Controls Engineer (12-Month Contract)
Are you an experienced Controls Engineer looking to take your technical expertise to the next level with a world-leading OEM? Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a talented engineer to join the Performance and Control Team at their Articulated Truck (ATK) facility in Peterlee, UK.
If you thrive in a fast-paced factory environment, love getting hands-on with industrial automation, and enjoy solving complex real-time system puzzles, this role is for you.
The Opportunity
In this agency position, you will support manufacturing controls systems, ensuring robust performance of production equipment through software support, diagnostics, machine tuning, and validation activities.
- Job Title: Controls Engineer
- Location: Peterlee, United Kingdom
- Organisation: Caterpillar Inc. - Articulated Truck (ATK)
- Team: Performance and Control Team
- Duration: 12 Months
- Start Date: ASAP
- Pay Rate: GBP 21.91 - GBP 26.09 per hour
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Key Responsibilities
- Operations Support: Deliver controls and software support for manufacturing operations.
- Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve equipment control system issues to minimize factory downtime.
- System Optimization: Execute software updates, fault-finding, and continuous system optimization.
- Testing and Validation: Support commissioning, testing, tuning, and validation of production machinery.
- Process Improvement: Analyze production procedures to drive quality, reliability, and efficiency.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with manufacturing and maintenance teams while maintaining precise documentation of code and system changes.
Basic Qualifications
- Degree in Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in industrial control systems, automation, and embedded control systems.
- Strong capability in fault diagnosis and root-cause analysis.
- Hands-on approach within both manufacturing and proving ground environments.
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Top Candidates Will Also Have
- Experience with Off-Highway Trucks (OHT) or heavy machinery.
- Familiarity with Caterpillar systems or equivalent OEM environments.
- Solid understanding of J1939 CAN/Ethernet communications, sensors, actuators, and real-time systems.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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