Controls Engineer – Contract – Yorkshire – Outside IR35 – 6 months initially – £45‑£50 per hour
Headlines – outside IR35, immediate start, full order book, strong pipeline of projects
Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Controls Engineer on a contract basis to join a well‑established special purpose machine manufacturer based in Yorkshire.
This contract role will suit a Controls Engineer with strong commissioning and installation experience, particularly within special purpose machinery environments, with additional experience of motion control systems. This is a hands‑on role, not a full‑time desk‑based position, so will suit a Controls Engineer who is comfortable working on the shop floor and has come from a practical, time‑served apprenticeship background. The successful Controls Engineer will be required on site in Yorkshire five days per week, with occasional longer periods of site work.
Key Skills and Experience
- Strong commissioning and installation experience on special purpose machinery projects
- Proven Siemens PLC experience, ideally with S7‑1500 / TIA Portal
- Experience of motion control systems including servo drives, positioning systems and synchronisation
- Experience of working with Rockwell / Allen Bradley PLCs would be advantageous
- Hands‑on approach with the ability to work effectively on the shop floor during build, install and commissioning phases
- Likely to have completed a time‑served apprenticeship or have a strong practical engineering background
- Ability to interrogate, modify, tweak and enhance existing PLC code
- Support full system commissioning through to successful FAT and SAT
- Experience of working on customer sites, including fault finding and resolving issues under pressure
- Ability to work closely with mechanical and electrical teams during installation and commissioning phases
- Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with tight project deadlines
- There will be an expectation to complete site‑based commissioning phases lasting approximately three to four weeks at a time, typically once every six months
Role Overview
The successful Controls Engineer will play a key role in delivering commissioning and installation activities across a range of projects, with a strong focus on complex motion control performance, ensuring systems are operational, optimised and handed over successfully.
Please apply today for an immediate response.
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