Automation Engineer
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 05 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 31 Aug 2022
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Panama Shift Pattern + Competitive Salary
Arla Foods
As an Arla Engineer, you will make sure that the nation get Cravendale milk in their tea each morning, Skyr yoghurt in their breakfast bowl, and Anchor butter on their toast.
This is an exciting opportunity. You ll be able to work with state of the art machinery at our largest flagship dairy. Built in 2010, covering 76 acres, 100% carbon neutral dairy is the very first of its kind in the world! It plays a big part in helping Arla to , producing a staggering 1 billion litres of milk per year. You ll receive internal and external training, to ensure that you meet your fullest potential.
So what do our engineers actually do?
Our Engineers are problem solvers. They are responsible for maintaining, fixing and installing the machinery that allows us to create tasty, healthy, high quality products. You will be responsible for planning, conducting and improving production IT maintenance on site equipment and software. Furthermore you will be responsible for structured Planned Maintenance, troubleshooting and optimization according to processing/production/packaging equipment which is key to overall site efficiency and delivery. Specific responsibilities will include:
Duties and responsibilities:
Provide leadership and contribute in a tangible way to the implementation and maintenance of the HSE & Quality process on-site.
structured troubleshooting on site operations equipment and automations systems and to provide the Site effective proactive maintenance service.
Structured updating and maintenance on production/packaging equipment (IT)
Structured troubleshooting of PLC, HMI and SCADA Software
Plan and maintain proactive monitoring of site systems (e.g. servers and network)
Preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting 24/7/365 of production IT in case of breakdown in production servers, drivers and automation systems.
MES Configuration Interfaces e.g. OEE-SAP PM. Counters and timers to SAP PM.
Support Production, Process and PTD teams in delivering CI initiatives
Provide technical support to local & capital projects
Conduct project work utilising Arla project tools
What you ll need to be a successful Engineer at Aylesbury
We are looking for an experienced and flexible Automation Engineer with a knowledge of PLC programming, S7 preferred, and structured troubleshooting on complex production/packaging equipment. You should have a broad knowledge of Lean culture with experience of Scada, Industrial networks and BUS systems. Able to work alone and as a member of cross functional teams. You will be willing and able to share knowledge within the wider engineering team, with the ability to coordinate and communicate between external specialists, the site and across all leadership levels.
Recognised time served apprenticeship in an engineering discipline with HNC/HND
Hands on maintenance of Production IT systems
PLC - S7 experience - Desired
Good communication skills (verbal & written)
Able to demonstrate logical thought processes and ways of working with an ability to follow detailed instructions
3 years recent detailed experience within an automated production environment - Food / Brewing / Pharmaceutical/ Chemical
A positive and resilient approach to problem solving, team working, and continuous improvement
Arla Foods
As an Arla Engineer, you will make sure that the nation get Cravendale milk in their tea each morning, Skyr yoghurt in their breakfast bowl, and Anchor butter on their toast.
This is an exciting opportunity. You ll be able to work with state of the art machinery at our largest flagship dairy. Built in 2010, covering 76 acres, 100% carbon neutral dairy is the very first of its kind in the world! It plays a big part in helping Arla to , producing a staggering 1 billion litres of milk per year. You ll receive internal and external training, to ensure that you meet your fullest potential.
So what do our engineers actually do?
Our Engineers are problem solvers. They are responsible for maintaining, fixing and installing the machinery that allows us to create tasty, healthy, high quality products. You will be responsible for planning, conducting and improving production IT maintenance on site equipment and software. Furthermore you will be responsible for structured Planned Maintenance, troubleshooting and optimization according to processing/production/packaging equipment which is key to overall site efficiency and delivery. Specific responsibilities will include:
Duties and responsibilities:
Provide leadership and contribute in a tangible way to the implementation and maintenance of the HSE & Quality process on-site.
structured troubleshooting on site operations equipment and automations systems and to provide the Site effective proactive maintenance service.
Structured updating and maintenance on production/packaging equipment (IT)
Structured troubleshooting of PLC, HMI and SCADA Software
Plan and maintain proactive monitoring of site systems (e.g. servers and network)
Preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting 24/7/365 of production IT in case of breakdown in production servers, drivers and automation systems.
MES Configuration Interfaces e.g. OEE-SAP PM. Counters and timers to SAP PM.
Support Production, Process and PTD teams in delivering CI initiatives
Provide technical support to local & capital projects
Conduct project work utilising Arla project tools
What you ll need to be a successful Engineer at Aylesbury
We are looking for an experienced and flexible Automation Engineer with a knowledge of PLC programming, S7 preferred, and structured troubleshooting on complex production/packaging equipment. You should have a broad knowledge of Lean culture with experience of Scada, Industrial networks and BUS systems. Able to work alone and as a member of cross functional teams. You will be willing and able to share knowledge within the wider engineering team, with the ability to coordinate and communicate between external specialists, the site and across all leadership levels.
Recognised time served apprenticeship in an engineering discipline with HNC/HND
Hands on maintenance of Production IT systems
PLC - S7 experience - Desired
Good communication skills (verbal & written)
Able to demonstrate logical thought processes and ways of working with an ability to follow detailed instructions
3 years recent detailed experience within an automated production environment - Food / Brewing / Pharmaceutical/ Chemical
A positive and resilient approach to problem solving, team working, and continuous improvement