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