Controls Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Controls Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Controls Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Controls Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of Controls Engineer job descriptions contained controls engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

controls engineer
35%
plc
35%
controls
31%
siemens
31%
allen bradley
27%
plc programming
27%
automation
27%
engineer
27%
scada
22%
manufacturing
18%
hmi
18%
design
18%
commissioning engineer
14%
electrical engineer
14%
electrical
14%
software
14%
fmcg
14%
autocad
14%
plc engineer
9%
software engineer
9%
engineering
9%
maintenance
9%
control systems
9%
programming
9%
electrical controls
9%
rockwell
9%
electrical maintenance
9%
precision
9%
water
9%
mechanical
9%
bournemouth
9%
ferndown
9%
poole
9%
weymouth
9%
embedded systems
5%
cumbernauld
5%
east kilbride
5%
electrical design engineer
5%
glasgow
5%
fds
5%
it software engineer
5%
siemens tia portal
5%
eplan
5%
hmis
5%
birmingham
5%
controls maintenance
5%
coventry
5%
leicester
5%
mobile
5%
northampton
5%
senior service
5%
technician
5%
essex
5%
feed
5%
food
5%
hardware
5%
hertford
5%
hybrid
5%
kent
5%
london
5%
programmer
5%
remote
5%
surrey
5%
sussex
5%
sustainable
5%
coding
5%
commissioning
5%
electronics
5%
repair
5%
inverters
5%
nottingham
5%
sheffield
5%
warrington
5%
crewe
5%
stoke
5%
wire
5%
progression
5%
training
5%
control panel design
5%
e-plan
5%
hardware design
5%
power systems
5%
solidworks
5%
subsea
5%
autodesk software
5%
motion control
5%
configuration
5%
reading
5%
treatment
5%
17th edition
5%
18th
5%
basingstoke
5%
berkshire
5%
bracknell
5%
dcs
5%
electrical design
5%
packaging machinery
5%
slough
5%
systems
5%
tia
5%
ventilation
5%
schematics
5%
testing
5%
controls engineering
5%
drives
5%
hydraulic
5%
pneumatic
5%
pumps
5%
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