Automation Engineer

Location: South WestSalary: Up to £60,000Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:00pm | Friday 8:30am - 2:30pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Controls & Automation Engineer to join a well-established, highly regulated manufacturing business. This is a key role within the engineering team, responsible for maintaining and developing site automation systems while driving continuous improvement projects across production.

Working in a modern manufacturing environment, you'll play a leading role in improving machine reliability, introducing new automation technologies, and supporting the delivery of innovative engineering solutions.

• Fault find, maintain and improve PLC and control systems, including Allen Bradley, Siemens and Omron platforms.

• Provide technical support for production breakdowns, identifying and implementing permanent corrective actions.

• Manage software backups, version control and system documentation.

• Design, specify and deliver automation improvements and new equipment projects.

• Work with external suppliers through project design, FAT, SAT, commissioning and handover.

• Develop connectivity between production equipment and manufacturing systems to improve data...