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Our client is now seeking to appoint a highly skilled Controls Automation Engineer. This role requires someone who has very strong knowledge and experience of electrical/automation and PLC systems to join the team. Basic salary of 70,000 per annum, plus bonus
Our client is a global industry-leading manufacturing business with a multimillion-pound turnover and impressive growth plans, supported with large-scale investment and an existing established network of manufacturing facilities across the UK.
What's in it for you as Controls Automation Engineer?
- Salary circa - 70,000 per annum
- Bonus Scheme
- Shift Pattern and Working hours - Monday - Friday DAYS
- Competitive pension match
- Employee Walfare Program
- Extensive training and personal development are available, including accredited training and career development plans for those who want it.
Position Overview of Controls Automation Engineer
- The role will be working as part of the Maintenance Team providing 'Hands-on' Electrical & PLC Technical support to both Production and other internal functions throughout the Factory.
- You will need strong skills and experience with breakdowns, fault finding, and changing of PLC parameters specifically.
- The workload as an estimate will be balanced out Project work 60/40 projects, 70/30 projects lead. Experience of installing servo drives and projects, capex improvements and HMI all required.
- Providing plant-wide electrical maintenance service, departmental support and repairs on a wide range of machinery such as conveyor-based systems, hydraulic presses, moulding machines and packaging machinery, ensuring that all production targets are maintained.
Experience and Qualification Required for a Controls Automation Engineer
- Recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship & Qualification or equivalent UK level 3 qualification - NVQ, City and Guilds AND BTEC 3 or HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering
- PLC Fault finding experience is essential
- You will need strong skills and experience with breakdowns, fault finding, and changing of PLC parameters specifically.
- Experience of installing servo drives and projects, capex improvements and HMI is all required
- The ability to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment undertaking PPM and TPM activities
