Automation Specialist
We believe that our strength lies not just in our technology, but in the diversity of our expertise.
A highly skilled Automation Specialist is required to join our Engineering Department at a high-tech manufacturing environment where you can drive production efficiency, minimize downtime, and contribute to exciting new projects.
You will play a key role in providing specialist technical support to our production lines, responsible for responding to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing faults, ensuring minimal downtime, designing, modifying, and improving plant equipment software, and implementing control system code.
Your duties will include writing and maintaining onsite electrical procedures, conducting investigations into equipment issues, working closely with other engineers to develop innovative solutions that enhance our manufacturing processes, and having opportunities to work on new projects.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, working with cutting-edge automation technology, and making a real impact in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Respond to equipment breakdowns and diagnose faults
* Design, modify, and improve plant equipment software
* Implement control system code
* Write and maintain onsite electrical procedures
* Conduct investigations into equipment issues
Requirements: A time-served apprenticeship and higher qualification in Electrical, Electronic, or Instrumentation disciplines, experience in control system programming, fault finding, and process optimization within a manufacturing environment, hands-on expertise with programmable logic controllers, AC/DC inverter drives, strong problem-solving skills, ability to read technical drawings, knowledge of supervisory control and data acquisition systems, human machine interface development, and industrial communication protocols.
We offer competitive salaries, 35 days holiday per annum, annual pay reviews, quarterly bonuses, one of the UK's leading defined contribution pension schemes, free parking, employee assistance programs, and employee discount schemes.