Job Vacancy Principal Controls Lead

Are you an Senior Controls Engineer with a wealth of experience in designing complex bespoke hardware for heavy machinery control systems?


As a Principal Control Systems Engineer, you enjoy having a variation of technical challenges that keeps your working always feeling fresh.

You value taking ownership of the full life cycle of projects especially within heavier engineering environments.

You like the idea of working within a small team where your technical input is valued and you are able to make key decisions in the design process - without having to jump through too many hoops which can slow down the momentum of your projects.

You want to keep your coding skills sharp and have the opportunity to work with a number of PLC platforms including Allen Bradley and Siemens from scratch.

You enjoy interacting directly with customers to assess their requirements all the way through to commissioning.

Ensuring you have a work life balance is important to you and having the freedom to manage your own workload.

You can expect to be working on multiple projects so there will be plenty of opportunity to flex your variety of technical experience.

There is no micromanagement here, you are trusted to deliver your projects and have the support from your Manager when needed to set you up for success.

As a Senior Engineer, you will also play a key part in technically developing less experienced members of the team, this is a great opportunity to further your mentoring experience as there is scope for this role to build the team up further in the future.

You would be working for a business with excellent retention, operate an open-door policy and the top management are from a technical background themselves.

You would be based on their Sheffield site. Sheffield has a great balance of having a great city bustle, great transport links whilst having the Peak district on its doorstep.

This position has a salary up to £65,000 per annum dependent on level of experience plus a generous benefits package and flexible working.

Feel free to pop over your latest CV and we can arrange a call.

*Unfortunately those requiring sponsorship will not be eligible to apply, apologies in advance*



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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales