About this role
Salary: £47,660 - 47,660 per year
Requirements
- Degree or HND in control, electrical, electronic, or software engineering
- At least 2 years of experience working as a control systems engineer
- Full UK driving licence
- Right to work in the Republic of Ireland without restriction
- Team-player attitude, strong technical aptitude, desire to succeed, and professional approach
- Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with clients
- Desired, but not required: experience programming PLCs using Ladder Logic, Function Block, or Structured Text
- Desired, but not required: experience programming and configuring SCADA software and designing user-interface mimics
- Desired, but not required: experience with high-level programming languages such as C# or VB
- Desired, but not required: experience with relational databases and SQL
- Desired, but not required: experience designing and configuring IP networks
- Desired, but not required: competence in designing and testing ELV electrical panels
- Desired, but not required: ability to configure CCTV, PA, and telephone systems over an IP network
- Desired, but not required: experience conducting FAT and site commissioning under formal client-witnessed conditions; we provide training and mentoring to help fill skills gaps
Responsibilities
- Work as part of a team responsible for designing, implementing, and testing control and integrated digital systems
- Contribute to systems covering traffic detection and management, ventilation and pump control, life safety, and incident management
Technologies
- C#
- Network
- SQL
- Excel
- Incident Management
More
We are PDS, a technically driven business with more than 30 years of experience engineering and supporting high-integrity control systems, from small upgrades to fully integrated turnkey solutions. We deliver technology across the UK for clients primarily in Intelligent Transport Systems, highways, airports, and power. We offer a salary of £32,200–£47,660, paid overtime, and opportunities for growth and progression, with training and mentoring available.
Benefits include 33 floating holidays, a company performance-related bonus, wellbeing benefits, a pension scheme, life insurance and health benefits, salary-sacrifice schemes for technology, cycling and electric vehicles, subsidised on-site EV charging, anniversary celebrations, social events, hybrid working, and flexible working. We foster a friendly, open, inclusive, and collaborative workplace. We do not offer sponsorship for this role.
last updated 43 week of 2026