About this role
Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements
- Experience leading the technical delivery of complex control system or OT projects across the full lifecycle
- Ability to produce and review high-quality engineering documentation, including design specifications, signal lists and test specifications
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong understanding of technical assurance, configuration management, cyber security and change control
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer and substation sites
- Knowledge of IEC 61850 and COPA-DATA Zenon SCADA is advantageous
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical delivery of IEC 61850-based substation control systems for transmission and distribution projects
- Translate customer requirements into system architectures, functional and detailed design specifications, signal lists and test specifications
- Lead the configuration of COPA-DATA Zenon SCADA, including HMI, alarms, trends, historian and reporting
- Oversee the configuration and integration of bay control units, network switches and gateways
- Coordinate interfaces between control, protection, electrical, networks, cyber security and site teams
- Lead design reviews and Factory Acceptance Testing, and support site testing and commissioning
- Identify technical risks and support estimates, delivery plans and change control
- Coach and guide engineers and promote standardisation across the team
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Were recruiting for a Lead Control Systems Engineer to work on substation control systems for the transmission and distribution sector. The role is based in Staffordshire with hybrid working, typically three days in the office and two days from home. Youll join a well-established engineering business specialising in operational technology and digital transformation, delivering advanced systems integration projects across energy, water, renewables and manufacturing, often in highly regulated environments. The package includes a basic salary, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, training and development, a 6.5% pension scheme, life assurance at four times annual salary and private healthcare. Applicants are welcome to apply even if their CV is not up to date.
last updated 43 week of 2026