Senior Control Systems Engineer

Location: Glascoed, Monmouthshire on a five-day or compressed 4 day working pattern with occasional travel to other customer, manufacturing and test and evaluation sites.

Salary: Circa £55,869 dependent on skills and experiences.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing, programming, and commissioning industrial control systems including PLCs, SCADA, DCS, and HMIs.
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, and company policies.
• Developing and maintaining control logic, wiring diagrams, and documentation for automation projects.
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving control system issues to minimize downtime.
• Performing system testing, validation, and calibration to meet operational and safety standards.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives by analysing system data and recommending enhancements.
• Providing technical support and training to operations and maintenance personnel.
• Managing vendor relationships and overseeing installation and integration of control hardware and software.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and best practices in industrial automation.

Your skills and experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Automation, or a related field, or time served apprenticeship via an approved body or organisation with experience.
• Proven experience in industrial control system design, programming, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with standard PLC and safety PLC platforms (e.g., Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider Electric).
• Familiarity with safety standards such as IEC 61508/61511, EN ISO 13849-1, ISA/IEC 62443, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with SIL proof tests in line with IEC 61508/61511.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Willingness to work on-site and occasionally outside regular business hours if needed.
• Good standard of PC literacy MS Office.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Special Projects team:

You will be appointed to a newly established project team, assuming leadership responsibility for the delivery of individual work packages. Reporting directly to the Senior Maintenance Engineer, you will be accountable for ensuring the rigorous derivation and execution of the programme to achieve a robust and effective solution. Your responsibilities will include the meticulous planning of activities, providing sound and realistic completion estimates, and integrating appropriate risk mitigation measures to proactively address potential challenges.

This position will be based at the BAE Systems Land UK site in Glascoed, Monmouthshire on a five-day working pattern with occasional travel to other customer, manufacturing and test and evaluation sites.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 24th February 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.