Control Engineering Graduate

Control Engineering Graduate Programme

Duration: 2 years

Location: Bury St Edmunds

Salary: £42,000 per annum

Take control of your engineering career. Join our Control Engineering Graduate Programme and help design, configure, and maintain the automation systems that keep our factories running 24/7. You’ll work with technologies such as Distributed Control Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems – the backbone of modern manufacturing. You’ll develop technical expertise across system design, commissioning, and optimisation, supported by experienced engineers and hands‑on project work.

• Work with process and operations teams to understand how automation supports production.
• Assist with the design, configuration, and testing of control systems and safety systems.
• Develop and implement HMI graphics, control logic, alarms, and optimisation strategies.
• Support commissioning, start-up, and troubleshooting activities.
• Learn about server administration, virtualisation, networking, system integration, and cybersecurity in industrial environments.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and participate in system upgrades.

• A minimum 2:1 degree (or predicted) in Control, Electrical, Electronic, Instrumentation, Automation, or a related Engineering discipline.
• An understanding of automation or control principles, and curiosity to learn how they apply in real manufacturing environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with attention to detail in technical work.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work across engineering and operations teams.
• Flexibility to be based at and travel between any of our UK sites – Newark, Bury St Edmunds, Widdington, Cantley, or Peterborough.
• The right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Alignment with our values: staying safe, driving to action, working together, respecting each other, and being open and flexible.