At a Glance
- Tasks: Diagnose and resolve automation faults, optimise PLC programs, and support customer projects.
- Company: Leading specialist in industrial automation with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, company car, annual bonus, and excellent training opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with career progression and supportive engineering team.
- Why this job: Join a growing team and make a real impact in diverse manufacturing sectors.
- Qualifications: Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; PLC experience preferred.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 43000 £ per year.
A leading specialist in industrial automation, controls and machine vision solutions, supporting manufacturing businesses across a wide range of industries is 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.
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.
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
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
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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