- Company Name
- Empresaria Group plc
- Job Title
- Control System Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Control System Engineer
**Role Summary:** Design, integrate, and validate large‑scale PLC control systems for regulated industries such as defence, maritime, aerospace, oil & gas, pharma, or petrochem. Lead technical documentation, software development, and testing, ensuring compliance with safety, fault‑tolerant, and high‑availability requirements.
**Expactations:**
- UK citizenship required.
- UK Security Check (SC) clearance or eligible for one.
- 10 % travel.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Capture and interpret customer requirements and produce technical documentation per procedures.
- Specify, design, and test PLC solutions using Siemens S7‑300/400 (Step 7 Professional Classic).
- Develop PLC software from Block Diagrams, Flow Charts, or Pseudo Code.
- Validate software through analysis, testing, and commissioning.
- Manage data communications with third‑party equipment (Profibus, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, ModBus, TCP/IP, UDP, ASCII).
- Interface SCADA and configure PLC drivers.
- Support contract changes, proposals, and project meetings.
- Ensure compliance with company standards and statutory requirements.
**Required Skills:**
- 5+ years PLC engineering experience.
- Proficiency in fault‑tolerant, high‑availability, and safety‑integrated PLC solutions.
- Experience with industrial communication protocols (Profibus, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, ModBus, TCP/IP, UDP, ASCII).
- Strong software development lifecycle knowledge (processes and procedures).
- Ability to produce detailed technical documentation.
- Understanding of testing and commissioning procedures.
- Ability to work cross‑functionally and support project meetings.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Degree, HNC, HND, or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Control & Instrumentation, Systems Engineering, or related discipline.
- Experience in regulated industrial sectors (defence, maritime ship machinery/control, aerospace, oil & gas, pharma, petrochem).