Automation Engineer

• Up to £60,000 per annum (DOE) 
• Monday to Friday, Days role, 9 am - 5 pm 
• Permanent position
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (with the ability to buy or sell up to 5 more)
• Annual bonus of up to 10% 
• Benefits package including life assurance and health care cover
• Pension matched up to 8% 

• Ensuring project budgets are closely controlled at all times from concept to closure.
• Delivery of projects on time, to the required quality, and to the designed specification
• Technical support to projects team and for site-delivered projects.
• Rollouts of complex automation projects
• Design and delivery of less complex automation projects.
• Ensure compliance on central projects and provide practical feedback on the current standards.
• Identifying obsolescence issues and improvements and creating centrally delivered Capex submissions.
• Provide training and technical advice to colleagues.
• Specialist automation support to site CI activities, which necessitate significant changes beyond the capabilities of ASEs
• Reactive support for operational automation issues within a clear escalation process
• Understand the concept of Lowest Total Cost of Ownership and design and deliver systems accordingly
• Play an active part in continuously improving systems 
• Support  improvement activities/events within engineering-owned areas

• Must be proficient in SCADA & Allen-Bradley PLCs - ESSENTIAL 
• Experience within an FMCG environment - ESSENTIAL 
• Experience with Siemens & Mitsubishi PLCs - DESIRABLE
• Experienced with SQL databases and Project Management 
• Previous experience in a similar role 
• Willingness to travel over the UK to assist with projects when needed - ESSENTIAL 

Job Reference: opp-20241