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MS655- Automation Engineer

Location: Crediton

Salary: £55,000 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Automation Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.This role requires flexibility - The role currently operates Monday to Friday with an on-call rota, with plans to introduce structured shift work including nights and weekends.
 
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation.
  • Demonstrate a structured problem-solving approach.
  • Ownership of minor (site managed) automation projects through the full project lifecycle.
  • Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements.
  • Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered projects.
  • Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.
  • Liaise with the Automation Lead providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the automation and electrical standards.
  • Ensure compliance with electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works.
  • Responsible for obsolescence management.
  • 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 operational excellence activity to deliver improvements in efficiency 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.
  • Encourage engineering based operational excellence projects.
  • Support the site roadmaps for quality / H&S / EMS / engineering / autonomous maintenance.
  • To have opportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business.
  • Support improvement activities / events within facilities and engineering owned areas.
  • Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site & business strategy.
  • 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.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Automation Experience (Allen Bradley Preferred).
  • Scada Experience.
  • Plant Master Experience.
  • Minimum 2 year’s experience.
  • Electrical qualification.
  • NVQ Level 3 in relevant discipline.
  • Relevant Automation Training certificates.
  • Ability to work within time constraints.
  • Ability to work individually as well as within a Team.
  • Flexible approach to work and hours.
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First Military Recruitment (Head Office)
1 Wilkinson Road
Love Lane Industrial Estate
Cirencester
GL7 1YT

01285 654566
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Office 1, Izabella House
24-26 Regent Place
City Centre
Birmingham
B1 3NJ

01215 165689
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10 Park Street
Bristol
BS1 5HX

01172 354500
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01452 223938
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