diff --git a/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb b/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
index d5df3556..8a609795 100644
--- a/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
+++ b/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 module DiscoveryEngine
   # Client to synchronise `Control`s to Discovery Engine
   class ControlClient
+    include DiscoveryEngine::Services
+
     # Creates a corresponding resource for this control on Discovery Engine.
     def create(control)
-      discovery_engine_client.create_control(
+      control_service.create_control(
         control: control.to_discovery_engine_control,
         control_id: control.remote_resource_id,
         parent: control.parent.name,
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ def create(control)
 
     # Updates the corresponding resource for this control on Discovery Engine.
     def update(control)
-      discovery_engine_client.update_control(control: control.to_discovery_engine_control)
+      control_service.update_control(control: control.to_discovery_engine_control)
     rescue Google::Cloud::Error => e
       set_record_errors(control, e)
       raise ClientError, "Could not update control: #{e.message}"
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ def update(control)
 
     # Deletes the corresponding resource for this control on Discovery Engine.
     def delete(control)
-      discovery_engine_client.delete_control(name: control.name)
+      control_service.delete_control(name: control.name)
     rescue Google::Cloud::Error => e
       set_record_errors(control, e)
       raise ClientError, "Could not delete control: #{e.message}"
@@ -50,9 +52,5 @@ def set_record_errors(control, error)
         Rails.logger.error(error.message)
       end
     end
-
-    def discovery_engine_client
-      Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine.control_service(version: :v1)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/clients/discovery_engine/services.rb b/app/clients/discovery_engine/services.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad07df16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/clients/discovery_engine/services.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module DiscoveryEngine
+  # Mixin providing access to the Discovery Engine API client's services
+  module Services
+    # Returns a Discovery Engine client for the control service
+    def control_service
+      @control_service ||= Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine.control_service(version: :v1)
+    end
+  end
+end