Dundalk company to create 27 new jobs with Belfast expansion

Caption: Peter McGinnity, Operations Director and co-founder, ControlSoft Automation Systems; Dr Caoimhe Archibald, Minister for the Economy; Dermot Carragher, Managing Director and co-founder, ControlSoft Automation Systems; Elaine Curran, Director of Trade and Investment, Invest NI

Dundalk based company ControlSoft Automation Systems has announced it is expanding by establishing a software engineering, mechanical and electrical hub in East Belfast creating 27 new jobs.

The 27 new jobs will be created over the next three years. Roles on offer include mechanical and electrical design engineering as well as software and automation engineers

The company provides turnkey solutions for industrial processes for a variety of high technology industries.

Managing Director and co-founder of ControlSoft Automation Systems, Dermot Carragher added: “Over the next five years we aim to extend our market leading position in control systems for high technology projects in Semiconductor Manufacturing, AI and Data Centres by quadrupling our employees and turnover. 

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“Our new office in Belfast will be pivotal to this with the team servicing current and future clients in GB.

“The presence of a highly skilled workforce, excellent universities and the strong tech and business environment in Northern Ireland made it a very easy decision to invest in the region.”