Russell Taylor Group
Lead/Senior Controls Engineer

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Lead/Senior Controls Engineer
Permanent
UK based
Do you have experience leading drive and control system projects?
- Have you taken ownership of functional safety and technical delivery?
- Are you comfortable supervising engineers and signing off design work?
What's in it for you
- Excellent Salary
- £6K car allowance
- 10% bonus
- 5% pension
- Life assurance 3x salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Private medical
- Flexible working and development programme
What will you be doing?
- Lead delivery of engineering activities across drive and control system projects
- Own the functional safety lifecycle and technical compliance
- Supervise and mentor engineers and external resources
- Review and verify design documentation and technical deliverables
- Work with Project Managers on programme, cost and risk
- Produce and approve electrical and controls design documentation including FDS, SRS, SLD and cause and effect
- Oversee PLC, HMI, SCADA and drive software design
- Support FAT, commissioning and SAT
- Maintain the Technical Construction File
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Where will you be doing it?
You will join an established engineering and automation organisation delivering complex industrial projects across multiple sectors with a strong focus on technical standards, innovation and long term project delivery.
What will you need?
- BEng, BSE or Level 6 apprenticeship in Electrical or Electronic Engineering
- At least 4 years in a similar controls or automation engineering role
- Strong knowledge of electrical control systems and drives
- Experience leading engineers and reviewing technical work
- Understanding of functional safety and project delivery
- Good communication and stakeholder skills
- Proactive and hands on approach


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