Controls and Automation Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Cambridgeshire
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£70,000 / year
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

PLC SCADA Electrical Schematic Drawings OPC-UA MQTT Modbus Control Engineering Electrical Engineering

FULL DESCRIPTION

Controls and Automation Engineer

Controls and Automation Engineer - Cambridgeshire. Salary: £50k - £70k + excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.

Reference Number: 652462. Consultant: Adam Mayne.

A brand new and exciting opportunity for an Automation Engineer / Controls Engineer / Systems Engineer has arisen at a Cambridge based company who are developing automated biotech / bioprocessing manufacturing technology which is having a dramatic and impactful influence in the fight against cancer. As the Controls and Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, installing, managing and/or maintaining equipment and software on PLC and SCADA systems. You’ll be working closely with life scientists, software engineers, and mechanical engineers - this is an exciting opportunity to use your engineering skills across a range of disciplines.

In return you can expect a fantastic working environment in a close-knit team, excellent career development opportunities, training, very competitive salary and benefits package.

Automation Engineer / Controls Engineer / Systems Engineer Requirements

  • Skills in Programmable logic controllers (PLC) (Siemens, Beckhoff, or others), and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Ability to read and understand electrical schematic drawings
  • Engaged with colleagues as a mentor, sharing skills and experience.
  • Excellent communication skills to summarise project status and discuss critical issues/milestones with colleagues and external clients.
  • Experience in developing software for communication protocols including OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus.
  • Degree in Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience working with PLCs in process control environments
  • Excellent knowledge of control system specification, architecture design methodologies, and familiarity with various requirements management and system modelling tools
  • Test-driven development techniques for verification and validation within regulated environments beneficial
  • Hands-on experience in debugging control systems on industrial platform
  • Experience developing control systems in regulated, process-control industries.
  • Experience with developing automation for the pharmaceutical industry would be an advantage, but is not essential

Job Location: Cambridgeshire (Commutable from: Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, St Neots, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, North London etc)

Salary: £50k - £70k + excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.

Sound like you, or someone you know? If so, please do not hesitate to get in contact with Adam Mayne at [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Ltd on [contact hidden] or [contact hidden].

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