Overview
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.
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.
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
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