Overview

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the local offices agreed objectives, goals, targets and quality standards are promoted, achieved and reported on. Reports to: Systems Manager. Key relationships: Systems Automation engineering team, local management team and Managing Director. Key Objectives

Responsibilities

• Professionally and effectively work with a team of Automation engineers to ensure tasks are achieved in accordance with customer requirements and in line with the Company's values and quality standards
• Assist in accurately defining, and where appropriate, design and maintain innovative production processes to improve efficiency, flexibility and technical depth of the Company's software design capacity.
• Ensure adherence to departmental KPI's and Quality standards
• Agree and apply software standards
• To use own initiative for continuous personal development
• Promote and display effective communication internally and externally ensuring all other members of the team do likewise to achieve highest standards and to ensure the Company's reputation is preserved, whilst creating a professional culture
• Liaise with the project team to plan and prioritise tasks efficiently to achieve profitable and timely delivery of contracted outputs
• Adhere to the Company's Health and Safety Policy and other requirements in relation to the office working environment and customer's sites
• Ensure software standards are maintained and output is consistent, accurate and profitable
• Any other duties reasonably associated to this position
• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in industry
• Work driven individual with a strong drive to enhance skills
• Some knowledge of PLC and HMI systems
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a technical team

Desirable Technical Competencies

• Brewing/Dairy/Pharma Engineering or Hygiene Process Industry knowledge.
• Some experience or knowledge of PLC and SCADA systems

Qualifications, professional memberships, licences and travel expectations

• Apprenticeship within an automation engineering company or GMVQ, Degree or equivalent in Engineering/IT
• Current Driving License
• International business travel required

Behavioural Competencies

• Able to communicate with the customer and understand their requirements and delivery of these.
• Show ability to progress within the department and learn quickly.
• Proactively and positively works with staff and contractors to ensure goals are achieved.
• Thinks laterally outside own sphere of influence, suggesting ideas for improving company standards and systems, delivering against company objectives.
• Evaluates programmes and data to achieve improvements.
• Monitors and learns from project tasks to achieve right first-time approach.
• Proactively organises and plans ahead to ensure efficient delivery of allocated tasks.