Our client is now seeking to appoint a skilled Controls and Automation Engineer for their manufacturing facility at Walbottle, Newcastle.

This Controls and Automation Engineer vacancy is offering a salary of £51,000 working Monday to Friday, with a PLC listed and market-leading manufacturing group.

This role requires someone who has strong knowledge and experience of Electrical Controls, Automation and PLC systems, as well as improvement projects and production reliability support experience, to join the team,

The working culture is friendly, and one that encourages the sharing of best practices, whilst providing a platform for continuous learning and development.

What's In It for you as Controls and Automation Engineer:

• Salary circa: £51,000 per annum


• Working days Monday to Friday


• Extensive training and personal development opportunities

Position Overview of Controls and 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.

PLC fault finding and modifications are vital skills to have for the role.

You will be solely working with Controls and Electrical installations, fault finding, and repair of PLC controlled machinery, within a manufacturing environment.

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, HMI, and profibus is 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.

Within the position as an Controls and Automation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to be involved with a wide of range of electrical maintenance operations and improvements projects, which will be supported with a wide range of training opportunities, including accredited training programs.

Experience and Qualifications Required Controls and 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 etc
- 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, HMI, and profibus is all required!
- The ability to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment undertaking PPM and TPM activities
- High degree of Health & Safety awareness
- Ability to fault find, repair and provide solutions to electrical machinery problems.

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