Control Engineer

Company: Reed
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Location: West Midlands
Job Description:

Location: West Midlands

Salary: £30K – £50K DOE

Contract: Full-Time or Part-Time | Permanent

Control Systems Engineer | Siemens | TIA Portal | PLC Programming | Automation

My client is a growing industrial automation and control systems business looking to appoint a Control Systems Engineer as part of a major growth phase within the company.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a wide variety of industrial automation projects involving Siemens PLCs, HMIs, drives and control systems across manufacturing and industrial environments.

The business is open to speaking with:

  • Early career Controls Engineers
  • Junior Automation Engineers
  • Mid-level Controls Engineers
  • Experienced Senior Control Systems Engineers
  • Full-time and part-time applications are both welcomed.

The Role

As a Control Systems Engineer, you will be involved in:

  • PLC programming and software development
  • Siemens HMI design and configuration
  • Siemens drive/VFD configuration
  • Control system testing and fault finding
  • Automation project delivery
  • Commissioning and customer support activities
  • Supporting industrial automation and control system projects from concept through to completion

Key Skills & Experience

  • Ladder Logic
  • Structured Text
  • Function Block Design (FBD)
  • Experience with industrial automation systems
  • Fault finding and troubleshooting experience

Highly Desirable:

  • Siemens ET200SP experience
  • Siemens S7-1200 / S7-1500 experience
  • Siemens Unified Comfort HMI experience
  • Siemens G120C drive experience
  • Commissioning experience
  • Industrial instrumentation exposure
  • SCADA experience
  • JAVA exposure

This role will involve a mixture of office-based engineering work alongside occasional customer site visits.

Posted: June 2nd, 2026