Control Engineer / Automation Engineer (Field-Based / West Midlands)
Salary: £30,000 - £43,000 + Company Car + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Location: Field-based across the Midlands, covering West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Engineers are typically allocated customers within their local region to minimise travel where possible.
The Opportunity
Our client is a leading specialist in industrial automation, controls and machine vision solutions, supporting manufacturing businesses across a wide range of industries.
Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit a Control Engineer / Automation Engineer to join their expanding engineering team.
This is an excellent opportunity for either a graduate with industrial automation or PLC exposure , or an experienced Controls Engineer , looking to develop their career with a business that offers excellent training, varied projects and genuine long-term progression.
Working in a field-based role, you will provide technical support, fault finding, PLC programming, commissioning and optimisation of automated manufacturing equipment across customer sites throughout the Midlands.
Key Responsibilities
Diagnose and resolve PLC, controls and automation faults on automated production equipment.
Modify, develop and optimise PLC programs to improve machine performance, reliability and efficiency.
Support commissioning, installation, upgrades and continuous improvement projects.
Fault find electrical control systems and automated machinery.
Configure and troubleshoot industrial communication networks.
Support and optimise machine vision inspection systems.
Produce technical reports and documentation following customer visits.
Work closely with customer maintenance and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve production performance.
Travel to customer sites throughout the Midlands region.
About You
We're keen to hear from engineers at different stages of their career, with salary offered depending on experience.
You may be:
A Graduate Controls or Automation Engineer with an industrial placement or some commercial PLC experience.
A Junior Controls Engineer looking to develop your technical skills.
An experienced PLC or Automation Engineer seeking a varied field-based position.
You will ideally have:
A qualification in Electrical Engineering, Controls, Automation, Mechatronics or a related engineering discipline.
PLC programming, diagnostics or fault-finding experience gained through industry, placements or university projects.
Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
Good communication skills and confidence working directly with customers.
The ability to work independently and manage your own workload.
A full UK driving licence.
Technical Experience
PLC Platforms
Experience or exposure to any of the following would be advantageous:
Siemens S7-1500
Rockwell ControlLogix
Rockwell CompactLogix
Mitsubishi PLCs
Schneider Modicon PLCs
Omron NX/NJ PLCs
Automation & Controls
Knowledge or experience of:
Automated manufacturing machinery
Industrial automation systems
Electrical control systems
HMI and SCADA systems
Commissioning and fault finding
Industrial Networks
Experience with one or more of:
Profinet
Ethernet/IP
Profibus
Other industrial communication protocols
Machine Vision (Highly Desirable)
Experience with machine vision systems including:
Cognex
Keyence
Other industrial vision platforms
Including:
System configuration
Fault finding and diagnostics
Inspection optimisation
Production support
What's on Offer?
£30,000 - £43,000 basic salary depending on experience
Company car
Annual bonus
Excellent benefits package
Ongoing technical training and professional development
Career progression within a growing automation business
Exposure to a wide variety of manufacturing sectors and automation technologies
Supportive engineering team with excellent technical knowledge
Ideal Backgrounds
Applications are welcomed from candidates currently working as:
Control Engineer
Automation Engineer
PLC Engineer
Junior Controls Engineer
Graduate Automation Engineer
Graduate Controls Engineer
Electrical Controls Engineer
Field Service Engineer
Robotics Engineer
Controls & Instrumentation Engineer
Mechatronics Engineer
Engineers from manufacturing, industrial automation, systems integration, special purpose machinery, OEM, robotics and machine vision backgrounds are all encouraged to apply.
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