Site Software Commissioning Engineer

Location: Rochdale(UK & International Travel Required)Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent Salary: Competitive + Travel Expenses + Overtime + Benefits

About the Role

As a Site Software Commissioning Engineer, you'll be involved in the full lifecycle of automation projects - from initial estimation and design, through to on-site commissioning, testing, optimisation, and customer handover. You'll play a hands-on role in ensuring our machinery performs flawlessly in the field.

• Final onsite commissioning of software developed in-house (alone or with a commissioning team)

• Internal support and training for staff across departments on PLC/HMI/SCADA systems

• Conducting on-site customer demonstrations and trial runs

• Supporting pre-order project research and cost estimation with cross-functional teams

• Writing control documents such as testing schedules and operator manuals

• Completing all required project/task paperwork accurately and timely

• Reading and interpreting electrical schematics and P&IDs

• Hardware integration and testing, including inter-device communication

• Designing and programming PLC, HMI, and control systems from scratch (Beijer, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Allen Bradley, Omron)

• Software optimisation and HMI refinement following formal change processes

• Developing interfaces between PLC systems and office-based recipe/reporting applications

• Modifying and updating existing systems for upgraded or repeated projects

• Performing full electrical commissioning of systems both in-house and on-site

• Troubleshooting and resolving electrical issues, including panel modifications

• Providing customer training for correct system operation

• Handling customer support and queries during and post-warranty

• Taking full ownership of commissioning tasks or contributing as part of a team

• Providing emergency breakdown support and ad hoc engineering assistance as needed

• Supporting any other reasonable requests made by the company or management

Essential:

• Strong experience programming PLCs, HMIs, and drives - including systems from:? Beijer, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Allen Bradley, Omron

• Proven background in industrial automation, ideally within food manufacturing machinery

• Ability to program control systems from scratch and integrate hardware/software interfaces

• Full understanding of electrical schematics and system commissioning workflows

• Ability to travel frequently to customer sites, including international locations

Preferred Electrical Qualifications (one or more of the following):

• City & Guilds Level 3 in Electrical

• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical

• MOET Level 3 or equivalent industry certification