We are currently looking to recruit an Automation Engineer to join our Manchester Dairy within our Muller Milk & Ingredients business.
AutomationEngineer
Location: Manchester
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Key Tasks
- Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation
- Demonstrate a structured problem solving approach
- Ownership of minor (site managed) automation Capex projects through the full project life cycle
- Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements
- Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered Capex projects
- Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.
- Liaise with the Automation Development team providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the group automation and electrical standards
- Ensure compliance with group electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works
- Responsible for obsolescence management within the roadmap. Liaison with the Automation Development Team to ensure site criticality is a key element of the group level
- 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 OE activity to deliver improvements inefficiency 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
- Support the site roadmaps for Quality / HS / EMS / Engineering / Autonomous maintenance
- To have oportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business
- Support improvement activities / events within engineering owned areas
- Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site/business OGSM
- 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
Requirements for the role
- Strong experience with Allen Bradley PLCs.
- Excellent electrical skills.
- Ability to work independently on projects.
- Previous experience in a similar Automation Engineer role.
- FMCG industry experience preferred.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Up to 10% annual bonus.
- 4x life assurance.
- Access to Muller rewards platform - save money across numerous retailers.
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays).Long-term career development.