Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer

Macclesfield
Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Permanent | 37.5 hours per week

Are you an Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer or EC&I Engineer with strong PLC and industrial control systems experience?

We’re recruiting for an Automation Engineer to join a large-scale heavy process manufacturing site near Macclesfield.

This is a hands-on technical role responsible for the reliability, integrity and continuous improvement of plant automation and control systems. You’ll work closely with electrical, maintenance, production and control-room teams to reduce downtime, resolve control-system issues and deliver automation improvements across the site.

You’ll also play a key role in plant upgrades and CAPEX projects, supporting everything from specification and programming through to testing, integration and commissioning.

• Maintain and improve plant automation and control systems
• Diagnose PLC, software and control-system faults
• Prevent production downtime caused by automation issues
• Modify and develop control-system programming
• Support operators with plant control and system issues
• Integrate new equipment into existing control systems
• Support automation upgrades and plant improvement projects
• Assist with specification, programming, testing and commissioning
• Support CAPEX projects from development through to commissioning
• Ensure modifications are properly tested before implementation
• Develop robust control-system procedures and documentation
• Support server virtualisation and testing of program modifications
• Work closely with electrical, maintenance and production teams
• Identify opportunities to improve plant reliability and performance
• Ensure automation work is completed safely and appropriately risk assessed

• Experience with industrial automation or control systems
• Strong PLC fault-finding and programming capability
• Experience with HMI, SCADA or process-control systems
• Electrical, Controls, Automation, EC&I or similar engineering background
• Experience with in manufacturing, process or heavy industrial environments
• Comfortable diagnosing complex control-system faults
• Experience modifying and commissioning automated plant or machinery
• Understanding of industrial communications and control architecture
• Strong approach to plant reliability and continuous improvement
• Able to work effectively with operators and multidisciplinary engineering teams

Experience with in cement, aggregates, quarrying, minerals, steel, chemical, food, glass, brick, ceramics or another continuous-process/heavy manufacturing environment would be particularly relevant.

• Excellent salary alongside bonus
• pension
• enhanced holiday entitlement
• employee discounts
• wellbeing support
• ongoing technical training and development

This is an excellent opportunity for an Automation Engineer looking to take ownership of automation and controls within a complex, highly automated production environment.