Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer, North West England

Job ref FRL1041

A leading manufacturer of high-speed bakery equipment, the company has an established and well-respected footprint in the UK and overseas. The range of machines have been developed through many years of technical experience and a deep understanding of the industry.

The business is expanding its engineering team and is looking to appoint an experienced Controls Engineer to support future growth plans. Reporting to the Electrical Manager, you will design electrical control systems, develop PLC software, support machine build and commissioning; working directly with customers to deliver bespoke automated machinery solutions. The role would suit an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, working on bespoke machinery and seeing their designs and software brought to life at customers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious, innovative and people centred business with a reputation for deep industry insight, progressive solutions and customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical control systems, develop software and support machine commissioning based on customer needs.
• Implement electrical installations across customer sites and ensure correct documentation.
• Spend time on-site with customers building strong working relationships to ensure end-to-end installations are smooth and efficient.
• Solve engineering problems with diligence, ownership and creativity.
• Develop strong and effective working relationships with cross functional colleagues within the business.
• Provide leadership and guidance to members of the electrical installation team.
• Lead testing processes and document accordingly.
• Create relevant machine technical manuals ensuring they are tailored to customer needs.
• Act as a company ambassador, internally and externally, consistently living and breathing the culture and values.

The person

• Skilled at building effective cross functional relationships with colleagues and customers.
• Clear communicator with a skill to effectively translate complex technical information.
• Strong appetite to seek and apply performance improvements and identify practical solutions to unforeseen problems.
• Excellent written skills and an ability to effectively translate often complex technical information for non-engineers.
• Committed to delivering projects against defined timescales.
• Motivated self-starter who is equally confident working independently or as part of a team.

Requirements

• Proven experience of electrical controls within an automation or machinery environment, ideally with a food packaging or FMCG machinery background.
• HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong knowledge and experience of PLC programming software (ideally Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Siemens and/or HMI).
• Solid experience of engineering design principles.
• Ability to regularly travel to spend time on-site with customers in the UK and overseas as required.
• Happy with a hybrid working arrangement to split time across customer on-site visits and at company’s Northwest HQ.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading technology partner to the food processing industry, if you are interested in being considered you are encouraged to apply at the earliest convenience by forwarding your CV via email to ***email_hidden***

Closing date for all applications Friday 16th October 2026