Controls Engineer

Job Title: Controls Engineer

Term: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours:
Typical: 08:00–16:00 or 09:00–17:00 (flexible, earlier start preferred)
Friday Finish: 1pm
Total: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Diss
Salary: Up to £50,000

We’re delighted to be supporting a global leader in packaging manufacturing, as they look to strengthen their day-shift engineering team with an experienced Controls Engineer.

This is a highly autonomous role acting as the technical escalation point for electrical, electronic and controls issues across a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing site.

Benefits of the Controls Engineer role

• Early Friday finish (1pm).
• Flexible working hours.
• Private healthcare.
• “Health Box” support.
• Training and specialist courses provided.
• Supportive team culture with autonomy and stability.
• No on-call requirement.

Controls Engineer Role Overview

As the site’s go-to specialist for more complex electrical and control system issues, you’ll support the engineering teams with breakdowns, fault-finding and improvement work across a range of machinery - from legacy kit to modern automated systems.

This isn’t a full programming role, but you will regularly modify, tweak and adjust PLCs and drives, while also delivering small automation projects such as panel rewires, upgrades and system improvements.

It’s an excellent opportunity for a strong Electrical Engineer looking to step up, or a Controls Engineer wanting a more hands-on, varied role.

Key Responsibilities for the Controls Engineer

• Act as the escalation point for electrical, electronic and controls faults.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues across drives, sensors, PLCs and control systems.
• Modify and adjust PLC programs (no need for programming from scratch).
• Support regular breakdowns, focusing on deeper-root cause issues.
• Deliver small automation projects including panel rewires and upgrades.
• Contribute to larger site upgrades, such as PLC migrations (e.g., S5 → S7).
• Carry out obsolescence reviews and implement component upgrades.
• Work across corrugator and converting machinery on a busy packaging site.
• Collaborate with internal teams and OEMs, taking full ownership of technical decisions.
• Provide guidance to engineers as an escalation point, delegating tasks where needed.

Qualifications & Experience

• Ideally 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong background in electrical, electronic or controls engineering.
• Proven fault-finding capability on live production equipment.
• Experience working with PLCs - able to modify and adjust programmes.
• Familiarity with both legacy and modern control systems.
• Qualifications are beneficial but not essential - experience and mindset matter most.
• Comfortable working independently with high levels of technical responsibility.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, hands-on and technically curious.
• Strong communicator with the ability to support and guide engineers.
• Logical thinker with excellent problem-solving ability.
• Able to take ownership of tasks and work autonomously.
• Calm under pressure in a fast-paced production environment.

If you’re an Electrical, Electronics or Controls Engineer looking for a role with autonomy, variety, and technical challenge, we’d love to hear from you for this Controls Engineer role!

To apply, please submit your CV.

INDMAN

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