Automation & Controls Engineer

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Automation & Controls Engineer

Cardiff

Continental Shifts

Are you passionate about driving excellence in automation and control or ready to make your next step and make a tangible impact? If so, this opportunity could be your next step.

Yolk Recruitment are searching for a talented Automation & Controls Engineer to join a dynamic manufacturer in Cardiff. This is your chance to shape, support and maintain world-class process control solutions for a major UK manufacturer.

You'll become the technical lead for PLC controls on shift-diagnosing, resolving and preventing issues for critical manufacturing systems. From hands-on breakdown response to delivering robust preventative maintenance and optimising systems uptime, your impact will be seen and felt site wide.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Lead on PLC, HMI, SCADA and Historian support-fault finding, code backups, upgrades, and process improvement.
  • Administer industrial networks (Ethernet, ControlNet, Device Net etc.), troubleshoot faults, and manage software updates.
  • Guide colleagues as the electrical systems Competent Person collaborating across departments to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operations.
  • Develop and deliver user requirements, validation and safety testing for new system installations and upgrades.
  • Champion continuous improvement-challenge processes, push best practice, and strengthen site capability through knowledge sharing and training.

    • The experience you'll bring to the team:

  • Experience in automation and process control-ideally in FMCG or industrial environments.
  • Strong working knowledge of PLCs, HMI, instrumentation & drives-preferably Siemens/Allen Bradley & Mitsibushi
  • Confident in modifying, testing and troubleshooting control systems at both hardware and software layers.
  • Experience with SAP, Wonderware and other Scada systems
  • Electrical Apprenticship with a minimum of NVQ level 3 and 5 years experience in a Maintenance position.

    • And this is what you'll get in return:

  • Salary: Circa £53,000 (inclusive of shift allowance)
  • Pension matched up to 14%
  • Critical illness cover, learning & development, and company-incentive schemes
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    Location:
    Cardiff
    Job Type:
    FullTime

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