Automation Engineer / Control System Engineer / PLC Programmer / Automation and Control Engineer opportunity has come up with a large pneumatic business based in Milton Keynes that will be focussed on setting up and programming PLCs for the subsidiary companies and clients.

Milton Keynes

Onsite

The Automation Engineer / Control System Engineer / PLC Programmer

will be responsible for delivering engineering work packages contributing to product designs, schematics, drawings, and documentation sets.

Package

£40,000 - £47,000

25 days + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Life Assurance
Private Medical Cover

The Automation Engineer / Control System Engineer / PLC Programmer role:

Setting up and programming PLCs to provide product support
Supporting electrical products and specific customer applications
Performing fault investigations
Design and deliver training courses.
Create operation manuals and technical guides.
Carry out investigations and tests of the company's products. 

The Automation Engineer / Control System Engineer / PLC Programmer requirements:

Knowledgeable in at least one of the following areas of electrical, electronics, software, or electromechanical engineering.
Educated to a degree level or HND or have an equivalent of engineering qualifications.
Commercial experience from a year or more
A good understanding of control system design and implementation principles.
Knowledge of PLCs
Ladder or Structured Text programming language. 

The Automation Engineer / Control System Engineer / PLC Programmer desirables:

Working knowledge of pneumatic and electrical test equipment
Planning and managing projects
Industrial communication protocols: PROFINET, EtherNET, EtherCAT etc
PLC engineering tools