Automation Technician

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics.

You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team helps us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develops new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

Reckitt is seeking a hands‑on Automation Technician who can bring innovation and skill to one of our manufacturing sites. In this role, you'll guide your team through the exciting journey of developing new products and improving processes for some of the most trusted healthcare brands. Your expertise will be the driving force behind flawless production and the seamless launch of new items that will impact lives globally.

Are you ready to step into a role where your technical flair meets leadership? We're looking for someone who's as passionate about product excellence as we are.

• Primary automation point‑of‑contact for Operations of urgent and non‑urgent issues and requests
• Escalate complex and/or recurrent issues to system responsible role
• Execute software change requests delegated by system responsible role
• Partner with system responsible role for startup support and/or testing of complex automation changes
• Collaborate with Operations to address control system training gaps
• Modify user‑configurable parameters to resolve equipment problems, improve performance, or decrease faults/alarms
• Perform routine control system administrative tasks under direction of automation system responsible
• Repair and replace control system hardware including controllers, IO modules, carriers, network switches, thin clients, KVM extenders, and operator displays
• Utilize basic automation knowledge to troubleshoot and configure non‑standard and/or more complex control system hardware
• Network set up and troubleshooting
• Take part in the Automation On‑Call rotation

• Licensed Electrician with 5+ years’ experience in the automation field or one of the following Associate degrees;
  Electrical, Automation, Process or Chemical Engineering preferred with 2+ years’ experience within an Infant Formula, Food, Nutrition, or Pharmaceutical company
• Deep experience working with Allen Bradley PLCs programming are required. Knowledge of building automation system (including Metasys) or Distributed Control Systems and batch Delta V will be a big plus
  • PLC’s – PLC‑5, SLC‑500, and Control Logix / Compact Logix
  • Factory Talk View Studio ME, SE and Panel View Plus
  • PlantPAx
• Basic Knowledge of CAD software
• Experienced in controls and industrial wiring
• Knowledge of industrial computer and automation network/communication protocols including Ethernet TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP, Device Net, PROFIBUS and/or BACnet to support project development, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of database historian systems such as OSI PI, VM, Microsoft SQL, Production reports data collection and etc will be a big plus.
• Understanding of maintenance best practices, safety, quality, cost, HACCP, GMP, and regulatory compliance is a plus.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks to meet or exceed expected goals and work in a fast‑paced and changing environment