Electrical & Automation Systems Engineer

Business area: Nestle UK&I

Salary: Up to £53,000.00 depending on experience.

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous pension scheme - up to 12% contribution from Nestle.
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement.
• A focus on personal development and growth.

Although this is a full time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual's flexible working needs, don't let this stop you from applying.

We are looking for an experiencedElectrical & Automation Systems Engineerto join our engineering team in Tutbury.

You will provide Automation and FAS support in both a project and day to day capacity across a busy FMCG factory. This is a permanent opportunity which will report into the Information & Automation Systems Manager.

The Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after circa £500 million investment over the last few years. The factory is a Centre of excellence for Nescafé products around the world producing freeze dried, spray dried and pod coffee technologies and is at the forefront of coffee innovation globally. The factory is moving forward with continuous improvement principles and actively developing Lean/TPM processes so it's an exciting time to be involved.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Ultimately, you will be responsible for providing support to the factory resolving automation issues, design and deliver automation projects and be a key member of CAPEX project teams to ensure automation standards are met at design stage through to project completion.

You will also be providing support in electrical trouble shooting and support of electrical design for systems.

Other key day to day activities will be:

• Management of the sites PLC networks, hardware and software.
• Automation Technical support and training to Technicians and Engineers.
• Electrical Technical support to Technicians and Engineers.
• Delivery of CAPEX project works from an Electrical & Automation prospective.
• MES/ Automation/ FAS gap analysis compliance.
• Ensure safe installations and operations through proper design, protection systems and procedures (Electrical and Automation Systems).
• Ensure safe installations and operations through proper design, protection systems, procedures and training.
• Ensure documentation including manuals, diagrams, software packages etc. are updated and correct.

To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have experience working in a manufacturing maintenance environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and attention to detail.

Key attributes:

• Essential - Ideally HNC/ Degree in control systems or Automation discipline.
• Essential - Detailed Knowledge of PC, PLC, Database and SCADA Systems.
• PLC and HMI Programming.
• ROCKWELL Automation equipment (ALLEN BRADELY)
• Software development including FAS, PLC and HMI.
• Data Transfer, communication and networking systems.
• Strong and highly developed electrical and automation fault finding and problem analysis.
• Ability to work on own initiative and implement CAPEX projects.
• Apprentice Trained Electrical Engineer, TI.06

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.