Senior Control Systems Engineer

Nexans

The Role

Overview

Design, maintain and improve control systems, HMIs and automation for manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

  • plc optimization
  • hmi design
  • team collaboration
  • documentation tools
  • network improvements
  • control development

Tasks

-Troubleshoot and optimize PLCs, electrical/control systems, and process controls. -Design and improve Human Machine Interfaces, interactive displays, and machine control systems. -Collaborate across teams—including cybersecurity, engineering, production, and maintenance—to deliver safe, efficient, and innovative solutions. -Create documentation, training, and reporting tools to support operations and ensure compliance with safety standards. -Drive continuous improvements in networks, security, traceability, and Industry 4.0 digitalization projects. -Develop new control methods to boost uptime, efficiency, and sustainability.

Requirements

  • university degree
  • 5+ years
  • sql server
  • autocad electrical
  • problem solving
  • teamwork

What You Bring

-Good problem-solving skills -Ability to learn equipment, processes, products and standards -University degree along with 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment -Industrial Electrician background a benefit -Ability to prioritize and effectively handle several projects simultaneously -Excellent verbal and written communication skills -Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills are a must -Knowledge of SQL Server and Autocad Electrical -Excellent organizational skills -Knowledge of drives, Allen Bradley, Parker and Siemens a benefit. -Good information systems and database skills

The Company

About Nexans

-Reinvented itself as a pure-play cable specialist. -Today it stands as the world’s second-largest cable maker. -Supplies ultra-long HVDC subsea links and outfitting floating solar installations. -Headquartered in Paris, with industrial sites in 41 countries, it blends century-long legacy with global reach. -Its cables help illuminate cities, power offshore wind farms, interconnect countries and electrify transport. -In recent years it streamlined around electrification, selling off non-core divisions to sharpen focus. -Invests in design and digital services—optimizing cable performance and reliability for modern networks.

Sector Specialisms

Aerospace & Defense

Armored Industrial Cables

Automation & Industrial Robotics

Automotive Manufacturing Welding Cables

Healthcare

Mining - Infrastructure Cables

Mining - Tunneling Operations

Mining - Underground Mining

Mining - Surface Mining

Nuclear Power Plants

Oil & Gas - Downstream Operations

Oil & Gas - Offshore Upstream

Oil & Gas - Upstream Land Operations

Rail - Railway Networks - Urban Mass Transit

Rail - High-Speed Railway Networks

Rail - Rolling Stock

Shipbuilding

Ship-to-Shore THOF Cables & Assemblies

Specialty Utility

Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Cables

Renewable Energies

Vehicle Wiring Harnesses

Resources

Transport