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, 38% of Controls Engineer job descriptions contained siemens as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

siemens
38%
plc programming
34%
controls engineer
30%
plc
30%
controls
26%
allen bradley
23%
automation
23%
engineer
23%
scada
19%
manufacturing
15%
hmi
15%
design
15%
commissioning engineer
12%
electrical engineer
12%
electrical
12%
software
12%
fmcg
12%
autocad
12%
plc engineer
8%
software engineer
8%
engineering
8%
maintenance
8%
control systems
8%
eplan
8%
programming
8%
electrical controls
8%
mechanical
8%
bournemouth
8%
ferndown
8%
poole
8%
weymouth
8%
water
8%
electrical maintenance
8%
precision
8%
rockwell
8%
embedded systems
4%
cumbernauld
4%
east kilbride
4%
electrical design engineer
4%
glasgow
4%
fds
4%
it software engineer
4%
siemens tia portal
4%
hmis
4%
birmingham
4%
controls maintenance
4%
coventry
4%
leicester
4%
mobile
4%
northampton
4%
senior service
4%
technician
4%
essex
4%
feed
4%
food
4%
hardware
4%
hertford
4%
hybrid
4%
kent
4%
london
4%
programmer
4%
remote
4%
surrey
4%
sussex
4%
sustainable
4%
coding
4%
commissioning
4%
electronics
4%
repair
4%
inverters
4%
nottingham
4%
sheffield
4%
warrington
4%
crewe
4%
stoke
4%
wire
4%
electrical design
4%
packaging machinery
4%
ventilation
4%
schematics
4%
testing
4%
configuration
4%
reading
4%
17th edition
4%
18th
4%
basingstoke
4%
berkshire
4%
bracknell
4%
dcs
4%
slough
4%
systems
4%
tia
4%
treatment
4%
progression
4%
training
4%
control panel design
4%
e-plan
4%
hardware design
4%
power systems
4%
solidworks
4%
subsea
4%
controls engineering
4%
drives
4%
hydraulic
4%
pneumatic
4%
pumps
4%
schneider
4%
autodesk software
4%
motion control
4%
plc allen bradley
4%
special purpose
4%
system integrators
4%
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