Electrical and Automation Engineer, Morpeth

Permanent

Salary circa £54k

Annual performance related pay bonus + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Laundered uniform + All safety equipment provided + Free hot and cold drinks + Free parking + Excellent parental benefits

Advert closes: 22nd August 2025

(Post completion of induction and initial training)

What to expect:

The Electrical Automation Engineer is responsible for the electrical, automation, and industrial network systems in our production and facilities. You will be tasked with maintaining our production and facilities within the scope of these responsible areas, and for supporting and implementing improvement projects as appropriate.

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for the following systems of their local site:

• Electrical
  • High Voltage (HV) supply, knowledge of the distribution, and transformation network on site.
  • Low Voltage (LV) knowledge of the distribution, and transformation network on site.
  • Provide support to site technicians, and supporting breakdown resolution and remediation as required, as well as assisting in delivering Site Efficiency Targets.

• Automation
  • A strong understanding of PLC systems on site, primarily Siemens based (S7-300, S7-400, and S7-1500) and HMIs (Siemens based). Engineer should be able to troubleshoot faulty code and identify external faults through software.
  • A good ability to perform modifications and upgrades, and ability to manage and oversee external specialists performing advanced changes.
  • Performing ad-hoc backups of all automation systems as required and monitoring and maintaining automated backup systems (Lineview)
  • Additional automation systems include Safety PLCs, PLCs from other leading manufacturers as may be present at site (E.g. B&R), print and apply systems, SCADA (Wonderware, Siemens, etc.). Knowledge in these systems is highly advantageous.

• Industrial Networking
  • Debugging and resolving network problems on machine level networks (e.g. Profinet) and site wide networks (TCP/IP, TSN, etc.)
  • Installing and maintaining new systems as delivered.
  • Technical expertise and ability to work with and guide others on related topics such as:
  • VLAN configuration

Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with all pertinent internal CCEP Standards including but not limited to standards related to: HV electrical, LV electrical, automation, networking, cyber security and machinery safety topics.
• Expertise and experience in automation technology in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) environment and an ability to provide leadership and guidance to onsite technicians and contractors.
• Ability to communicate at all levels with onsite personnel and as such should have good communication skills including an ability to tailor the message to whichever recipient they are talking to.
• Ability to identify non-compliances in the existing installation base with a view to plan future improvement work.
• Be able to identify requests which would conflict with safety requirements and be able to explain their reasons for not proceeding with requesting activities in an inclusive and profession manner.
• Provide guidance and expertise to central project and engineering teams. This includes partaking and supplying information for audits and reviewing project plans to ensure their appropriateness for installation considering the existing site layout and infrastructure.

Water Stewardship

• Gain knowledge of and manage the three boreholes and water process systems on site.
• Look for water saving projects.

Facilities and Utilities

• A good understanding of LP and HP compressors, boilers and CO2 and N2 gas systems.
• Manage the F&U Technician on site who will cover the day to day running of the F&U.

The closing date for applications is 20/10/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.