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, 47% of Controls Engineer job descriptions contained siemens as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

siemens
47%
plc programming
35%
plc
31%
controls engineer
27%
automation
24%
controls
24%
engineer
24%
allen bradley
24%
hmi
20%
scada
20%
autocad
20%
design
16%
electrical controls
16%
fmcg
12%
electrical
12%
mechanical
12%
bournemouth
12%
ferndown
12%
poole
12%
weymouth
12%
water
12%
control systems
12%
software
8%
engineering
8%
maintenance
8%
tia
8%
electrical maintenance
8%
manufacturing
8%
precision
8%
rockwell
8%
control panel design
8%
e-plan
8%
electrical engineer
8%
hardware design
8%
power systems
8%
solidworks
8%
subsea
8%
controls engineering
8%
drives
8%
hydraulic
8%
pneumatic
8%
pumps
8%
schneider
8%
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%
electrical design
4%
packaging machinery
4%
programming
4%
ventilation
4%
schematics
4%
testing
4%
autodesk software
4%
motion control
4%
configuration
4%
17th edition
4%
18th
4%
basingstoke
4%
berkshire
4%
bracknell
4%
dcs
4%
reading
4%
slough
4%
systems
4%
treatment
4%
progression
4%
training
4%
wire
4%
eplan
4%
plc allen bradley
4%
special purpose
4%
system integrators
4%
pneumatics
4%
profinet
4%
project management
4%
revit
4%
siemens plc
4%
bms
4%
carbon management
4%
diagnostics
4%
energy management
4%
fault finding
4%
modbus
4%
cyber
4%

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