Shift: Days
Basic Salary: Up to £57,000 + Overtime + Generous Call Out Allowance
Location: Weston Super Mare
Are you a budding Siemens S7 specialist looking for a role where you can genuinely make an impact? Have you built your experience fault finding live automated production equipment and want to be one of the go‑to engineers within a fast‑paced manufacturing environment?
Yolk Recruitment are currently working with a well‑established and heavily invested manufacturer who are looking to strengthen their existing automation and controls capability following continued growth and increasing demand across production.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Controls & Automation Engineer to join a highly automated site where you’ll play a key role in minimising downtime, improving machinery performance and supporting production‑critical systems.
The business can offer flexibility around working hours and shift patterns depending on the individual, alongside very strong earning potential through overtime and call‑out payments.
This is what you’ll be doing
- Fault finding and diagnosing issues across Siemens S7 PLC controlled production machinery and automated systems.
- Supporting production with reactive breakdowns, minimising downtime and restoring equipment safely and efficiently.
- Carrying out PLC modifications, programme adjustments and continuous improvement work to improve reliability, safety and performance.
- Working with systems including Siemens TIA Portal, HMI, SCADA, WinCC, Profinet and industrial networking.
- Supporting servo drive systems, inverters, motors and associated automation hardware.
- Assisting with commissioning, installation and upgrade projects across production equipment.
- Working closely with maintenance and production teams to provide technical automation support across site.
- Supporting electrical fault finding activities within panels, drives, safety circuits and control systems.
- Assisting with root cause analysis and implementing long‑term engineering solutions.
- Participating in an on‑call rota and providing technical support outside normal working hours when required (generous on call payment structure).
- Supporting and mentoring other engineers and apprentices around PLC systems and automation best practice.
- Ensuring all work is completed in line with health & safety and engineering standards.
Qualifications and experience
- Proven experience working as a PLC / Controls / Automation Engineer within manufacturing or industrial environments.
- Strong Siemens S7 fault finding experience with the ability to make programme modifications and adjustments.
- Experience with TIA Portal, HMI and SCADA systems.
- Strong understanding of industrial automation, drives, motors and control systems.
- Ability to fault find electrically from schematics and within control panels.
- Experience working on automated production or process equipment.
- Comfortable working within fast‑paced manufacturing environments where downtime is critical.
- Engineering qualification such as City & Guilds, ONC, HNC, NVQ or equivalent.
- Strong communication skills with a practical and hands‑on engineering approach.
And this is what you’ll get in return
- Basic Salary circa £50,000 – £57,000 (depending on experience)
- Overtime opportunities
- Call out payments and additional earning potential
- Flexible shift options available
- Pension scheme
- Long‑term stability within an established manufacturer
- Investment into automation and engineering improvements
- Further benefits such as company sickness, healthcare and more!
- Training and future progression opportunities
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