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Job Purpose: The Controls Manager is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of control systems and automation processes. They lead a team of controls engineers and technicians to ensure operational efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement of control systems across the facility or projects. Key Responsibilities: Lead the development, programming, and troubleshooting of PLC, HMI, SCADA, and other automation systems. Manage controls projects from concept to completion, including scheduling, budgeting, and reporting. Ensure all control systems comply with applicable regulations, safety standards, and internal policies. Supervise, mentor, and support controls engineers and technicians. Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., mechanical, electrical, IT, production) to deliver integrated automation solutions. Oversee documentation of control systems including schematics, IO lists, and SOPs. Analyze system performance and recommend/implement improvements. Support maintenance teams with troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. Manage vendor relationships and review technical specifications for new equipment. Stay updated on emerging technologies in controls and automation. Required Qualifications: Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field. 5+ years of experience in controls engineering or automation, with at least 2 years in a leadership role. Strong experience with PLCs (e.g., Allen-Bradley, Siemens), HMIs, and SCADA systems. Knowledge of industrial networking (e.g., Ethernet/IP, Modbus, Profibus). Proficient in interpreting electrical and control schematics. Familiarity with safety and compliance standards (e.g., NFPA 70E, OSHA, ISO).

I am looking for an Engineering Manager for a market leading client in Maidenhead. They work the hybrid model, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote. Looking for candidates with strong experience in leading SW Development teams. As an engineering leader, you will lead Agile engineering resources & provide guidance from inception through release of major & point product releases, including ongoing maintenance. You will be working closely with your product managers, product owners, engineering leaders, your team and other stakeholders. You will be leading developers, quality engineers and partnering with CloudOps, TechOps, UX Design other cross-functional functional groups to evolve our solutions while continuing to improve your teams adoption of SDLC processes, CI/CD integration, code quality & automation test coverage. Primary Responsibilities Lead an organization of 4-10 development & test engineers globally to efficiently produce high quality deliverables Manage team leads, direct reports or a mix of both Manage several deliverables for a product line on time, on scope and on quality Instrument your processes, produce scorecards of progress regularly and establish a regular cadence of operational reviews with your management including quality metrics, coding efficiencies, improvements, challenges, remediation needs Correlate, report, and drive the adoption of Process/Continuous Improvement initiatives Recruit & provide leadership, coaching & career planning for engineering talent Be accountable for design decisions for new and existing application development, proactively escalating issues and seeking assistance to overcome obstacles Partner with Product Management to consult on solution feasibility and high-level effort estimation Make recommendation for technology adoption and framework improvement, analyzing trends, patterns and best practices for software Serve as the evangelist and custodian of technology, architecture, and product development practices Participate in the design & implementation of production cloud grade services supporting high availability Qualifications 5+ years of experience leading software engineers for product development Experience managing capitalized software processes Preferred: experience with managing teams' operational health by analyzing product teams' work distribution CapEx, Opex, Maintenance, Billable and OH Preferred: experience managing the organizational structure of teams as well as headcount & non-headcount budgets 10+ years of combined experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture and/or DevOps Working experience with scaled software architecture & domain: performance, redundancy, failover, clustering, vertical scaling Preferred: experience using AWS cloud solutions, ideally including migration from other hosting services Working experience with source code management patterns and DevOps automation Proficient in API design, development & production operation Working experience managing production client & server code bases across one or more technology stacks Working experience with production Microsoft SQL Server schema design, queries & administration Preferred: working experience with orchestration, automation, and configuration management processes & related DevOps tools & cloud platforms Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions

A successful company based in Maidenhead is seeking a Product Manager to join their highly entrepreneurial and experienced team. As a Product Manager you'll be responsible for the creation and evolution of exciting products which meet the needs of their customers and the business. Responsibilities • Support Product Management by creating epics and user stories to enable applicable development for at least 2 sprints of prioritized user stories • Work closely with the Scrum team to help clarify stories as required • Compile test results to provide data for use in solving problems • Perform engineering level tests to find defects; troubleshoot and debug development and production issues, collaborating with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans • Work with Product Owner to clarify and estimate feature work • Work with QA Engineers to develop optimal product test plans and resolve new feature issues as QA finds bugs during release stabilization Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Bachelors degree in business, computer science or equivalent field plus c 2 years experience working as a business analyst, product manager, product owner or similar role OR equivalent experience • Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action • Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms • Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team • Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure • Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority • Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions • Considers best-practice standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills • Understanding of product and sprint backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and work breakdowns • Understands the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures If this sounds of interest, please apply today.