Automation Engineer

MS655- Automation Engineer

Location: Crediton

Salary: £55,000 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Automation Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.This role requires flexibility - The role currently operates Monday to Friday with an on-call rota, with plans to introduce structured shift work including nights and weekends.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation.
• Demonstrate a structured problem-solving approach.
• Ownership of minor (site managed) automation projects through the full project lifecycle.
• Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements.
• Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered projects.
• Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.
• Liaise with the Automation Lead providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the automation and electrical standards.
• Ensure compliance with electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works.
• Responsible for obsolescence management.
• Ownership of the site level obsolescence and improvements plan focusing on the next level of controls (VSDs, servo drives, instrumentation etc ).
• Evaluate performance data to feed into automation operational excellence activity to deliver improvements in efficiency and operability within production.
• Ownership of site panel risk assessment register, periodic health checks and remedial/improvement actions.
• Specialist automation support to site improvement initiatives.
• Utilise specialist skills and systems access to validate and analyse site data, for example to support quality improvement activities.
• Has an active role to play in continuously improving our business.
• Encourage engineering based operational excellence projects.
• Support the site roadmaps for quality / H&S / EMS / engineering / autonomous maintenance.
• To have opportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business.
• Support improvement activities / events within facilities and engineering owned areas.
• Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site & business strategy.
• Aware of how current performance impacts the bottom line.
• Ability to deliver on the job training (show and tell) to new colleagues.
• Health and safety of self and others.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Automation Experience (Allen Bradley Preferred).
• Scada Experience.
• Plant Master Experience.
• Minimum 2 year s experience.
• Electrical qualification.
• NVQ Level 3 in relevant discipline.
• Relevant Automation Training certificates.
• Ability to work within time constraints.
• Ability to work individually as well as within a Team.
• Flexible approach to work and hours.