Senior Automation Engineer XD005858

Senior Automation Engineer – D005858

RecruitmentPlus has a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior Automation Engineer who will be part of a highly successful global organisation and will have the opportunity for international travel.

The successful candidate will deliver robust and compliant electrical and software process improvements and support engineering projects.

Salary: €60-80k DOE

Benefits:

Private Health Care, Pension, Bonus, Travel Supplement

Main objectives:

• Support engineering projects across sites.

• Support, initiate, deploy and sign off process improvement and efficiency improvement modifications to manufacturing systems.

• Carry out design and testing tasks on project proposals.

• Assist the local site engineering and production department with any major breakdowns or faults at short notice.

Role/Core Responsibilities:

• Carry out specific engineering tasks delegated by the Global Automation Manager as appropriate.

• Provide software/electrical engineering discipline input into Global project/design teams executing specific projects on site.

• Design, develop, and upgrade automated systems in line with company engineering standards.

• Produce electrical engineering design and project support deliverables in line with company engineering standards.

• Recommend and support value added improvement initiatives where appropriate.

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Safety and other Controls team members to ensure that plant priorities are met.

• Attend meetings on behalf of the Controls department and take a pro-active approach contributing to the meetings from an engineering perspective.

• Attend training to develop relevant self-knowledge and technical skills.

• Support the local sites manufacturing process by being proactive on the correction and modification of reoccurring machine processing faults.

Requirements:

• Bachelor‘s degree in Engineering with at least 5 years‘ experience in a similar environment.

• In-depth Knowledge of PLC‘s – ideally Siemens S7 300/400/TIA would be beneficial with extensive programming and diagnosis experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Working Knowledge of motion control systems – Ideally Siemens Simotion/Sinamics drive or similar motion systems.

• In-depth Knowledge of SCADA and Line reporting systems experience – ideally Rockwell FactoryTalk or Siemens WINCC suites.

• Knowledge of object orientated programming language such as Visual Basic would be advantageous.

• Experience installing, fault finding on and configuring automation networks such as Industrial Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet etc.

• Experience in the design and installation of electrical control systems.

• Good understanding of GAMP.

• Ability to perform technical electrical calculations and provide accurate schedules, reports, specifications and other information for review/approval by engineering staff.

• Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills with a can do attitude and the ability to work autonomously an absolute must.

• Ability to use judgment and make decisions in ambiguous and complex situations.

• At ease with extensive European and Global travel

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