Electrical Controls Engineer

Salary: £40,245.53 – £62,953.73 pa + great benefits and pension

Location: Halewood

Duration: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

GPW Recruitment are partnering with Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd (FHTL) in Halewood. Ford is investing £450m into the Halewood site to produce electric power units, it’s the first site to manufacture EV components in Europe.

Employment Benefits:

• Free on-site gym facility inclusive of a sauna & steam room (outside of working hours).
• Employee assistance programmes: weekly appointments available for all employees to utilise for free such as massages, circuit classes, nutrition advice, yoga, chiropody, reiki and head massages (outside of working hours).
• An on-site physiotherapy and occupational health department is available to employees to support their health and well-being.
• Competitive pension scheme (company pays 1.5 times the amount of the employee contributions paying up to 12%).
• £750 annual attendance bonus (subject to company T&C’s).
• Access Ford's Privilege scheme - allowing you to purchase Ford vehicles at a discount.
• An excellent work-life balance, including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shutdown dates).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be a role model for Ford+ behaviours and requirements.
• Promote safety and a Zero Accident culture.
• Adopt a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ethos.
• Responsibility for all controls and electrical related infrastructure and services.
• All electrical and controls engineering projects to improve plant performance move towards The Factory of the Future.
• Control costs to ensure best possible value for the company.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to engineering activities.
• Effectively manage contractors in all aspects of projects, especially health and safety, project control.
• Integrate with the existing Engineering team and work with internal and external parties to achieve project deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement of business objectives.
• Effective communication outside and inside the organisation including Trade Union.

Qualifications and Experience required:

• The candidate should hold an electrical bias Engineering degree. Candidates not meeting these criteria but with the relevant experience will be considered.
• The candidate should demonstrate highly effective project management skills from specification, vendor selection to project delivery and implementation.
• Have worked in a manufacturing or similar environment.
• General computer literacy and familiar with Excel, Word or equivalent and project management software.
• Be familiar with developing engineering specifications considering corporate, external and legal standards and requirements.
• Analytical mindset to develop engineering solutions.
• Excellent people and communication skills.
• Highly motivated and self-driven.
• PLC experience, including Siemens Step-7 and TIA portal is essential.
• Understanding of machine hardware and controls, including ABB, Fanuc and UR robotics, electromechanical pressing and fastening systems, and vision systems.
• Manufacturing Production Network (MPN) experience and understanding of machine interfaces with internal and external networks.
• Support hardware discussions and agreements with OEM's.
• Development and implementation of controls refurbishment activities for available machinery and equipment.
• AutoCAD electrical and Eplan conversant, creation and responsibility for approving changes to electrical drawings and PLC programmes.
• Provide cost studies for new projects.
• Use of utility monitoring and reporting systems.
• Planning and procuring of energy supply systems.
• HV and LV electrical distribution knowledge.
• Experience of working with Building Management systems.
• Machine sign off experience, pre-acceptance and final acceptance audits at machine tool vendors and in-house preparations of acceptance reports and implementation of findings at vendors including understanding of machine standards for production environments, CE and UKCA marking, Norms, BS and EN standards.

Halewood has gone through a major transformation of Product, People, Equipment and Processes. A collaborative approach is essential to ensure continued ICE products and new Power Unit are integrated successfully.

On Offer:

Salary of £40,245.53 – £62,953.73 pa + benefits.

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.