Control System Engineer

Control System Engineer – West Yorkshire – £55-60k + overtime £15-30k = £70-90k Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Control System Engineer with good Siemens TIA Portal / Siemens PLC software knowledge to join a well-established, specialist engineering company with a base in West Yorkshire. The company is financially stable and growing as well as having a full order book. Key aspects of the Control System Engineer role include – * Being able to program Siemens PLCs (& ideally Rockwell) is key – 80% of the projects delivered are based on Siemens (as they’re a Siemens partner!) * Successful Control System Engineer should expect variety! No two jobs are the same. The company is a bespoke manufacturing company and work with a range of clients who have a range of requirements in terms of scope, expectations and timescales. * Modbus & OPC experience are highly desirable * Knowledge of condition monitoring systems (Bentley Nevada, B&K, Emerson), Exor HMIs, IIoT and Functional/Machine Safety, would be an advantage. * Control System Engineers applying could have experience in the Chemical, Petrochemical or Oil and Gas industry, whilst this would be useful, it’s not essential * Preparation of design documentation including, I/O lists, FDS, SDI, SDS, FAT/SAT Test documents * The company has a policy of being open to Control System Engineers attending training courses and encourage career development and progression * Expect a rough split of being office based 70% of the time, 20% site work in the UK, 10% on site internationally * Overseas (non-Europe) – all hours paid to Control System Engineers are double time or x2.5 standard rate, depending on location and all hours worked in Europe are paid at x1.5 * Typical time spent on a site visit ranges from one day to one month * Office hours are 8.00 – 16.30 Monday – Thursday and 8.00 – 13.00 Friday The office is based in West Yorkshire and is easily commutable from Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax and the surrounding towns. Please apply today for an immediate response