Controls Engineer

Position: Applications Controls Engineer
## Applications Controls Engineer Apply locations:
United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 19 Days Agojob requisition :
R021716
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* About Us:

** BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose:
People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own — delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands — trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success.

Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.
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* Job Description:

** Defines the technical foundation for automation and integration opportunities across BW Packaging. Translates customer requirements into clear, executable system concepts and layouts that enable accurate estimates, confident proposals, and reliable execution.

Partners cross functionally to shape front-end technical definition. Drives clarity, feasibility, and alignment to define well-scoped, executable automation and integration solutions.
** Key Responsibilities  Applications & Concept Development
*** Translate customer specifications and operating requirements into integrated packaging and automation concepts.
* Define system concepts, layouts, and solution definitions aligned with BW Packaging standards and delivery capabilities.
* Evaluate application fit, system interfaces, and integration considerations across packaging, conveyance, controls, and OEM components.
* Lead technical discussions with internal teams and customers to define scope, assumptions, constraints, and tradeoffs.
** Layouts & Technical Definition
*** Create and maintain layout drawings reflecting proposed system configurations and facility constraints.
* Integrate internally developed and partner-supplied equipment into cohesive, end-to-end system layouts.
* Ensure layouts and technical documentation accurately represent proposed scope, operating intent, and integration boundaries.
** Estimating & Proposal Enablement
*** Develop and validate controls-related estimating inputs, including engineering hours, assembly effort, and material requirements, aligned to the defined technical solution and integration scope.
* Establish clear technical scope, assumptions, and integration requirements that enable accurate estimates and proposals.
* Partner with Global Supply Chain to ensure accurate definition and alignment of controls component pricing inputs based on approved technical scope.
* Collaborate with Controls & Operations to validate technical assumptions and integration complexity.
* Drive technical clarity within proposal content through precise descriptions, scope definition, and supporting documentation.
* Ensure opportunity and technical scope data remain accurate within approved commercial systems.
** Cross-Functional Collaboration
*** Partner with Sales and Business Development to shape opportunities and guide customer technical discussions.
* Coordinate with internal teams and electrical contractors as needed to support…